Our glorification of European names for our natural and cultural monuments reeks of colonial hangover.
Month: May 2020
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It’s Rewarding to Write Life Stories in Episodes
Though one’s worldview ripens with time, the interpretive eyes and mind one has in their youth are not inferior or less significant.
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Of Bright Faces and Blighted Hearts
A collection of poems, songs, prayers on humanity, life and experiences of the living.
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Declining Literary Standards are not Exclusive to Kiswahili
How do we inspire a reading and writing culture in a language that at best invokes negativity in the generation we hope to contribute to the language’s robustness?
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Ten +1 Titles: A Wandering Reader’s Suggestions
I think a little word on a title may go a long way in eliciting interest in another person to consider reading or rereading the text.
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Je, Fasihi ya Kiswahili Inakufa?
Kauli kali na tata aliyotoa mshairi mheshimiwa Taban Lo Liyong miaka ya sitini kuwa Afrika Mashariki ni ‘jangwa kifasihi’ imetawala mijadala nyingi kuhusu uwezo wa Mwafrika kubuni sanaa. Mjadala ufuatao wa wapenzi wa fasihi ya Kiswahili ulianzishwa na malalamiko ya Papa Were kuwa ukiritimba umekithiri fasihi ya Kiswahili. Ni mjadala unaofaa kuendelezwa na zaidi ya...
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Night of Darkness
by Daniel Odondi The reality was now home. It had been months of unyielding anxiety. We had been running from one hospital to another. Our hospital runs came to an end with a series of tests at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Kisumu. Our fears were confirmed: the hospitals had all along been treating a...