South Africa happens to be my dream destination in Africa. It is the place where some of the most intriguing…
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I’ll never forget the day it happened. 13th September 2014. It was an unusually warm and sunny Saturday, considering it…
Consider this; “despite our wheel, our plasma tablet and our tweets about the wrongs of those who rule, well, what…
Just before going to the Writivism 2015 Workshop in Dar es Salaam, I wrote this post. At the end I…
I was in the passenger seat, waiting defiantly for her to insist for the third time that I should strap…
When the announcement was made for last year’s Caine Prize nominations, it was explicit about ‘looking for the next NoViolet…
I enjoyed this book. I loved hating on the tragedy at the end. No other ending would be as suitable. It is what The Guardian described as ‘a heartfelt plea for memory’.
‘Blood speaks,’ the matriarch Bweeza tells her brother Kanani Kintu, reflecting on his futile attempts to break away from family…
When it begins, it is stupid most of the time. It could be over a bottle of Coke at Wambugus…
In the acknowledgements for her debut novel, Dust, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, concludes by saying: “Finally, thank you Kenya – my…
When this Americanah book first came out to glowing reviews and recommendations all over, I did not read it. I…
Available on theMagunga Bookstore I was running late for this poetry shindig that I had helped put together. I had…