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‘Nairobians’ are atypical of Kenyan readership

By ABENEA NDAGO

Purely on account of prejudice, there are books I cannot touch, even if you gave them to me free of charge. I form my opinion of a person’s literary capabilities after reading a few of their works, short or long. And once I have made up my mind, I do not care whether you win both the Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize and the Burt Award for ten consecutive years.

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