MAISHA YETU
For purposes of this story, I will start by going down memory lane, where we meet Ancent Soi, who was employed as a shop assistant at a curio store belonging to former Kamukunji MP, George Nthenge, at the City Market. Now curio shops are filled with, among other things, colourful artefacts meant for the tourist […]
Towards the end of May, I could not help but eavesdrop on the excited chatter of two workers of the Kisii County Library as they awaited the official handover of books donated to the institution. Just like excited toddlers that had just received brand new toys from a visiting relative, the two workers could hardly […]
There is something about Mathemboni that makes you want to keep going back. Last Saturday was my third time, since November last year, and it definitely will not be the last. There is a certain aura of peace that pervades the place. Situated on a hilly place, Mathemboni, to those who have never been there, […]
Kinyanjui Kombani: Wueh! How time flies! First, it is an opportunity to reflect on my own writing and publishing journey. Life moves so quickly that we forget about how far we have come. When I wrote the book, all I wanted was to see it on a shelf at a bookshop — specifically, at the […]
TITLE: In and Outside Africa: A Story of the Human Condition in Africa and the West AUTHOR: Dominik Langenbacher PUBLISHER: Mystery Publishers REVIEWER: Mbugua Ngunjiri In the course of his long and eventful diplomatic service, Langenbacher worked in many places around the globe, but it would appear that Africa had the most profound effect on […]
TITLE: A Body Made for Sin AUTHOR: Alexander Nderitu PUBLISHER: Self REVIEWER: Scholastica Moraa AVAILABILITY: Nuria Bookstore Real is how I would describe this collection. A Body Made for Sin is a carefully put together collection of ten stories based in Africa. Although most of the stories are based in Kenya, they would have well […]
TITLE: Best Before ‘09 AUTHOR: Sharon Gwada PUBLISHER: Self REVIEWER: Scholastica Moraa AVAILIBITY: Nuria Bookstore ‘There are two endings in life…; the ending you want and the ending you get’ Grief is that thing people tell you to handle. That time will heal all wounds. Grief is that thing we all experience at some point […]
TITLE: Whispers from Vera AUTHOR: Goretti Kyomuhendo PUBLISHER: Africa Writers Trust REVIEWER: Scholastica Moraa AVAILABILITY: Nuria and Cheche Bookstores Whispers from Vera is a well-crafted, breezy story, brilliantly told by Goretti Kyomuhendo. Told in your best friend, casual tone voice, the story tells the life of Vera, a 29-year-old woman trying to find love in […]
TITLE: Inheritance AUTHOR: Daid Mulwa PUBLISHER: Longhorn Publishers REVIEWER: Thomas King Oloo African countries have experienced a protracted period of foreign dominance even when it is evident that they can rely on themselves. Many a wise man has said that we were better off with colonisers controlling us than we are with self-rule. Nothing could […]
TITLE: My Life in Prison AUTHOR: John Kiriamiti PUBLISHER: East African Educational Publishers REVIEWER: Scholastica Moraa Following the sensation that was My Life in Crime, My Life in Prison tells the horror that was prison life for Jack Zollo, the writer of the two books. Fortunately, prison life is the kind of life most people […]