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Is Kenyan poetry a genre on its deathbed?

By TONY MOCHAMA and WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

What does the future hold for poetry in East Africa? Has time for juicy pieces like Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino gone? Can the glory be reclaimed? Albeit these could be questions many poetry lovers may ask, artistes argue the genre is thriving and would never die.

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