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Kenyan author, academic, and broadcaster Ken Walibora has passed on.

James Murua April 15, 2020 No Comments Ken Walibora

Kenyan author, academic, and broadcaster Ken Walibora passed away after a road accident on April 10, 2020. Ken Walibora’s work as an author, in a…

Kenya Kiswahili Translation

Ken Walibora’s “Siku Njema” now in English.

Ken Walibora’s popular novel in Kiswahili Siku Njema is now available in English with the name This Day. The novel was translated by Dorothy Kweyu…

Awards Fiction Kiswahili Poetry

Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Shortlist 2017 announced

James Murua December 4, 2017 No Comments Abdilatif Abdalla Ali Attas Ally Hilal Daulat Abdalla Said Dotto Rangimoto Hassan Omar Mambosasa Ken Walibora Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Shortlist Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Shortlist 2017 Mwalimu Mbatiah Patrick Emanuel Richard Atuti Nyabuya

The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Shortlist 2017 was announced by the board chair, Abdilatif Abdalla on December 4, 2017. The Mabati Cornell…

Awards Kenya

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015

James Murua September 28, 2015 5 Comments A scare in the Village Clara Momanyi Dust Edward Mwangi Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 Ken Walibora Kwani Trust Longhorn Publishers Moran Publishers (EA)Nasikia Sauti ya Mama Oxford University Press Pendo la karaha by John Habwe Stanley Gazemba The Tissue Boy Ushindi wa nakate Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is the winner of the adult English category of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 for her book Dust. The writer…

Awards Kenya

Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 shortlists announced

James Murua September 8, 2015 1 Comment Ally Mtenzi Bitugi Matundura Clara Momanyi David Mulwa Edward Mwangi John Habwe Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 Ken Walibora Kenne Wasike Kenya Publishers Association Masinde Kusimba Nducu Wa Ngugi Ngure Matu Ndiritu Njiru Kimunyi Rebecce Nandwa Stanley Gazemba Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

The Kenya Publishers Association has announced its shortlists for this years edition for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. The prize, which is handed out…

Kenya Literary Festivals

A snapshot of the Storymoja Careerpedia 2015

James Murua June 3, 2015 No Comments Boniface Mwangi Dr Auma Obama Joanne Ball Burgess Ken Walibora Kennedy Kachwanya Kinyanjui Kombani Muthoni Garland Storymoja Storymoja Careerpedia Storymoja Careerpedia 2015 Wallah bin Wallah

When the people at Storymoja Publishing started their first festival in 2008 they were trying something new. They wanted to do a festival for book…

Kenya Literary Festivals

Storymoja Festival set to hit Nakuru in late May

James Murua May 13, 2015 No Comments Auma Obama Joseph Bokea Ken Walibora Kinyanjui Kombani Storymoja Storymoja 2015 Storymoja Careepedia Wallah bin Wallah Wangari Grace

The Storymoja Festival is officially the biggest literary festival in Kenya and one of the fastest growing on the continent. The festival is making its…

Book Events Education Kenya

Scenes from the Daystar Creatives Academy Kap Kirwok and Ken Walibora

James Murua February 26, 2014 1 Comment Daystar Creatives academy Kap Kirwok Ken Walibora

Saturday morning saw several aspiring writers show up at the Daystar University Valley Road campus where Kap Kirwok and Ken Walibora gave tips for those…

Book Events Kenya

Nganga Mbugua, Kap Kirwok and Ken Walibora for Daystar Creatives

James Murua February 21, 2014 No Comments Daystar Creatives academy Kap Kirwok Ken Walibora Nganga Mbugua

Three of the best known writers in Kenya will be giving advice to budding writers at the Daystar Creatives Academy on Saturday. The Daystar Creatives…