Binyavanga, the ‘madman’ set the local literary scene ablaze
ARTS & CULTURE
Kenya was soon to discover who this burly man with dreadlocks was all about. Let me correct that, the whole of Africa, and indeed the world

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | 3 years ago

Must it be called Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature?
It is good news for winners of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature which will be awarded at the end of the Nairobi International Book Fair.
Mbugua Ngunjiri | 6 years ago
Kenya publishers association gets new chairman
Mr David Waweru is the new Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) chairman. He was elected unopposed, by members, during their Annual General Meeting, at Hotel Boulevard in Nairobi yesterday.
Mbugua Ngunjiri | 7 years ago
Writing is a painful labour of love
Despite the challenges facing the local publishing industry, writer Onduko bw’Atebe prefers to see it as a half full glass rather than half empty.
Mbugua Ngunjiri | 7 years ago
While President Uhuru was visiting the US recently...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Aug 22, 2014
Writer David Maillu cannot countenance the constan...

By By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Apr 12, 2014
Reading through RL Collins’ book, Kenya: The Evo...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Mar 01, 2014
A new book in the history of Kenya says that Tom M...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Feb 22, 2014
RL Collins’ book, Kenya: The Evolution of Indepe...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Feb 22, 2014
Binyavanga Wainanina is an evangelist, and it does...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Nov 30, 2013
Kenyans have not heard the last of Raila Odinga if...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Oct 04, 2013
Memoir written by staunch ally of the Cord leader ...

By By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Oct 04, 2013
The Kenyan literary scene is set to be enriched by...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Aug 30, 2013
The Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF), which ...

By By MBUGUA NGUNJIRI | Aug 30, 2013
Artists are waking up from the reality that the JK...

By Mbugua Ngunjiri | Aug 23, 2013
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