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 body of work that was largely in Kiswahili, endeared him to many around the Kiswahili speaking world. Siku Njema (1996), the story of Msanifu Kombo who was born to a […]
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 and Fortunatus F. Kawegere. In 1996, Kenyan writer Ken Walibora published a new book called Siku Njema with Longhorn Publishers. The book is written in Kiswahili the language of our […]
The winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2017 are Tanzanians Ali Hilal Ali and Dotto Rangimoto. The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature is a prize is awarded to the best unpublished manuscripts, or books published within two years of the award year, across the categories of fiction, poetry and […]
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 Kiswahili Prize for African Literature was founded in 2014 by Dr. Lizzy Attree (Caine Prize Director) and Dr Mukoma Wa Ngugi (Cornell University) to recognise writing in African languages and […]
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 has been having a good run with this her debut novel which is also in the running for the FT/Oppenheimer Fund Emerging Voices. She has gotten nominations and shortlists for […]
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 once every two years, is in the following categories; English adult, Kiswahili adult, English Youth, Kiswahili Youth, English children’s and Kiswahili children’s. One author who always features at this award […]
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 lovers but they didn’t believe that enough of us would leave our local bars to go somewhere to talk about books. The organisation opted to have the “Nyama Choma Festival” […]
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 first regional stopover in Nakuru at the Kenya National Library Services on May 28 – 30, 2015. The Nakuru edition promises some very cool guest that residents of that famous […]
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 who want write books. Here are some images from the event courtesy of the organisers. You can view the whole album on the event their official Facebook page.
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 Academy series is one of the most innovative things to come out of the country in recent times. It allows for younger aspiring writers to learn from the people who […]
