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Tag: East African Educational Publishers

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Book Launches Fiction Kenya

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o launches “Kenda Muiyuru” in Nairobi.

James Murua February 12, 2019 8 Comments East African Educational PublishersHenry ChakavaKenda MuiyuruKiarie KamauNdungi GithukuNgugi Wa ThiongoWilly Mutunga

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o launched his newest title Kenda Muiyuru at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on February 11, 2019. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is not…

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Kenya

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o clan to celebrate 50 years of Weep Not Child

James Murua May 18, 2015 1 Comment #WeepNotChildAt50East African Educational PublishersMukoma Wa NgugiNduchu NgugiNgugi Wa ThiongoTee NgugiWanjiku Wa NgugiWeep Not Child

Weep Not Child, the debut novel of celebrated Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o published in 1964, was the first book published by a Kenyan African.…

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Awards Kenya Young Adult

Burt Award Kenya nominees 2015 named

James Murua May 11, 2015 No Comments Burt AwardsBurt Awards 2015Charles OkothChristopher OkemwaEast African Educational PublishersMark Mutali ChetambeNsemia IncPhoenix publishers

The people in the running for the Burt Award, the richest prize in Kenyan literature at the moment, which is aimed at young adults have…

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Kenya

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s June homecoming

James Murua April 2, 2015 No Comments East African Educational PublishersNgugi Wa ThiongoWeep Not Child

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be coming back to Kenya in June this year for a series of gigs to celebrate his first book Weep Not…

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Book Reviews Nigeria

A review of Diekoye Oyeyinka’s Stillborn

James Murua November 11, 2014 3 Comments Diekoye OyeyinkaEAEPEast African Educational PublishersStillborn

Book: Stillborn Author: Diekoye Oyeyinka Publisher: East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) Publication year: 2014 Number of pages: 262 Genre: Fiction Stillborn is the debut novel…

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