Call for Submissions: Personal and Place Memoirs

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