Distinguished academics, daring intellectuals and promising new voices who may not have been published in such a magazine or who may not be known to many people in social, cultural and literary spaces share a common home in this collection to reflect on the timeless, if rhetorical, question, “What’s in a name?”
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Abdulrazak Gurnah was ahead of the curve
Decolonising the Mind is a Pyrrhic Debate
No One—Not Anything—Needs a Name
Let’s Erase Colonial Names from our Natural and Cultural Heritages
In the Name of…: Names as Spirit Carriers
The Place of Indigenous African Names in Black Consciousness
Anthroponymy and Toponymy: Culture and Politics in Kenya’s Personal and Place Names
Public Spaces, Private Persons: Naming Sports Facilities in Honour of Individuals
The Art of Naming and the Symbolism of Life and Death in Names
Changing your Name without Changing the gods of your Parents
Against the Tyranny of Nativism
Naming as a Cultural and Political Metaphor
Introduction to the Inaugural Special Issue of The Nairobi Reader
Swimming against the Tide: Reflections on a Friend’s Unmatched Strength
The Painful Journey of Reuniting with my ‘Frenemy’
The Killing Power of Words
Bleeding through the Pen: Fears of a Pained Soul
Stripped Naked: My Writing and Publishing Journey
Modern Writers Must Engage in Penmanship and Politics
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February 24, 2021April 8, 2024by The Nairobi BookshelfIn Issue 1Literary & Cultural PerspectivesSpecial Issues