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Cynthia Abdallah wins 2022 Itanile Award

Kenya’s Cynthia Abdallah is among the winners of the 2022 Itanile Awards. The Awards, administered by Itanile Magazine, rewards the...
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Magical tale wins children’s award

Title: Chadi’s Trip Author: Sarah Haluwa Publisher: Storymoja Reviewer: Maisha Yetu The village of Kalole is faced with a deadly...
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Nyanchwani’s tough love Memos to men

Title: 50 Memos to Men Author: Silas Nyanchwani Publisher: Gram Books Price: sh1250 Reviewer: Mbugua Ngunjiri Growing up in the...
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Harry Mulama is a demented coward, screams Prof Chris Wanjala.

Kenyan book lovers, on Saturday October 17, woke up to an excoriating piece of criticism aimed mostly at literary critics...
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The flower that withered too soon

Title: Chained Author: Scholastica Moraa Reviewer: Mbugua Ngunjiri Chained is the haunting tale of 22-year-old Danielle, alone, bleeding in the...
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Three needless murders and a writer’s vengeance

History has a funny way of repeating itself, especially if we do not learn from it. In 1980, Frank Sundstrom,...
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How publisher almost ruined dreams of two writers

Kinyanjui Kombani and Stanley Gazemba have a number of things in common. They are both writers who first put pen...
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Prof Kithaka wa Mberia has occupied the same office for 41 years

Five little known facts about Prof Kithaka wa Mberia. 1. He teaches Linguistics at the University of Nairobi and not...
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Chakava, the father of African publishing

Henry Chakava, has been referred to as the father of African publishing for good reason. He would have easily made...
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Ng’ang’a Mbugua nominated for Wahome Mutahi Award, Again!

Nganga Mbugua makes history by being nominated for a record fourth time in the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize with his...
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