Welcome home, Son
27 July 2015 3:07 AM ISTThere <g data-gr-id="96">is</g> palpable excitement and anxiety in Nairobi ahead of American president’s visit to Kenya this Friday, July...
Chinua Achebe falls apart
27 Jan 2014 3:43 AM ISTIf ever, there was a writer who caught the imagination and the creative capabilities of Africans; it was to Chinua Achebe. Doubtless. And now he is...
Kenyan-Indian handshake is long overdue
22 March 2013 4:58 AM ISTFollowing the largely peaceful elections on 4 March, the Kenyan tourism sector has heaved a sigh of relief and has embarked on an aggressive marketing...
‘Contemporary writers are less institutionally powerful’
13 Feb 2013 5:49 AM ISTBilly Kahora, managing editor of the Kenyan literary network Kwani and the author of The True Story of David Munyakei (2009) has been short-listed for...
‘Salman Rushdie is probably not the most read Indian writer’
13 Feb 2013 5:45 AM ISTBinyavanga Wainaina, 42-year-old, acc-laimed writer and Caine Prize winner speaks to Silas Nyanchwani on issues ranging from the perennial headache of...
Stop, Start, Stop
13 Feb 2013 5:32 AM ISTAfrica has often been described as a ‘stop-start-stop’ continent and it is hard to find fault with this assessment. It is a continent of extremities....
