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Sometimes pictures lie. I am not an activist. Never even considered myself one. But I get angry, fast and hot. And when this happens, I…
Writers are like gifts. They come in different shapes, sizes, forms, and even more diverse styles. We have heard of them, read their names somewhere in…
I get home at 10pm, partly because of Oduor Jagero’s True Citizen book launch, and partly because the house has been unbearable lately. It happens to…
There are certain things that scratch my soul. Things like campus ladies who cannot spell, and therefore end up sending a message on Facebook that…
In the acknowledgements for her debut novel, Dust, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, concludes by saying: “Finally, thank you Kenya – my canvas, haunting, rage, passion, song,…
Since we arrived at Tafaria, I had not seen him crack a smile. And for a while I whispered to Bev that Billy Kahora is…
‘Absolutely not!’ Those were the first words I said to him. I met him in a bookstore. I always knew I would meet him in…
It isn’t exactly darkness. It is a shade between night and green as the dull silvery light of the moon tries to rise above the…
I felt it, but I couldn’t put it into words. My relationship with Olumide was not going well. Today, those nagging thoughts at the back…