In search of renowned Ngugi, Ogot and other short stories

Ngugi wa Thiong'o's book Wizard of the Crow (left) and Grace Ogot's book The Promised Land [Courtesy]

If you detect a meanness of spirit in this week’s reflection, it is because we are entering the month of July, which, to use the words of Alex la Guma, the great South African author, heralds the fog of the season’s end. Only that the chill from our fog is likely to stretch to the month of August, so the end is not in sight.

Besides the July chill, I have had to endure commutes on Mombasa Road—it no longer resembles a construction site; it now looks and feels like the site of a demolition squad by the notorious city askaris.