After KCSE, what next for kids who love music, drama?

For two semesters, from the September of 2013 to the April of 2014, Daystar University had a fascinating programme called the ‘Creative Academy,’ that was the brainchild of banker-writer Kinyanjui Kombani, now based at Stanchart in Singapore, and the unconventional academic Dr. Wanjia Njoya.

“Most literature courses are taught by academics who only know the theory of writing,” Kombani said. “We wanted a course where real life writers taught end-to-end writing, from the idea of literature to the process of publishing to marketing one’s own creativity ...”