Henry Chakava: Father of Kenya's book publishing industry who dared where no one else would go
Assassins cut off his finger after he published Ngugi wa Thiong'o's book.
Source: nation.africa
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End of era as Jomo Kenyatta Foundation ends publishing to focus on scholarships function
JKF's transformation will bring to an end its rich legacy of publishing for schools.
Source: nation.africa
Science should embrace witchcraft, Makueni author David Maillu says in public lecture
The writer gave a two-hour talk and emphasised the need to harness the positive side of traditional magic.
Source: nation.africa
Literary prizes: One more year of drought
This Sunday ought to have been the glorious climatic moment of the now postponed ‘Nairobi International Book Fair’ at the Sarit Centre.
Source: standardmedia.co.ke
Kenyan writer soars to greater heights abroad
Kenyan writer soars to greater heights abroad by Justus Kizito Siboe Makokha Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is one of the finest Kenyan novelists alive today. The 52-year-old prose writer won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature in 2015 for her epic novel, Dust. This is the highest award a writer can gain in Kenya today. Instituted 46 years ago, the list of authors who have won this coveted national prize since the 1970s reads like a gallery of Kenya’s finest writers. These include Meja Mwangi, Abdilatif Abdalla, Wahome Mutahi, David Maillu, Margaret Ogola, Marjorie Oludhe Macg...
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