Visions of Kenya ex cathedra
In Kenya and Nairobi, the most beautiful Art is not imagined. It is experienced. It is like Religion or Aesthetics.
Books
Parable of the old man and the mountain
He narrated the night Mau Mau visited a village to fish for spouses
Anti-colonial war and the art of necromancy
Gray 'Murungaru' Leakey was slain by the Mau Mau
Legacy of Kwani Trust two decades later
It paved the way for Macondo, Nairobi’s biggest litfest today
Micere Mugo of Africa and America: The Syracuse sequence
Burial site north of New York is akin to Kirinyaga, where she came from
Micere Mugo legacy feted by KU and writers
She contributed to freedoms we enjoy in the Kenya of today
The pan-African logic in life and times of Micere Mugo
She was the Distinguished Nyerere Lecturer in 2012
Tribute to literary legend Micere Mugo from nephew
She was Prof Micere Githae-Mugo to the world but always Njuri to me
Open letter to Micere Mugo (1942-2023)
You taught that it's important to know who you are, find your roots
The art of betrayal in combat culture
Prigozhin could learn from history on folly of defying your master
The miseducation of Wasambo Were
Wasambo had the privilege of formal education in the 1940s
Elegy to theatre sage Wasambo Were
He was the brains behind drama festival in the early 80s
The art of reading novels and why it’s important
Reading a novel can be time consuming, but it reduces stress and improves mental health.
Gikuyu music hits new level with trending song, 'Maisha no Maya'
It rationalises the meaning of the adage that life is for the living
Haunting last words: You, too, shall pass
Man recounts encounter with starving girl before Shakahola scandal
To live and die in the dews of Shakahola
They say in Mumias that the newly dead can hear
Inside the hearth of darkness in Shakahola
What was it like for a mother of twins watching life ebb away?
Eulogy to one to whom no topic was taboo
Eddie died after a short illness at the outset of a promising career
Shakespeare’s legacy in Kenyan political idioms
'Wild goose chase' trended after Supreme Court ruling
Public libraries and theatres keep Nairobi ‘lit’
They act as sites of the capital city’s literary renaissance