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Truth Without Fear
Works of literary art do not just teach and entertain. They expand our minds and compress realities other than our own that may have been lived for decades.
Someone wrote that since civilisation began in Africa, the cradle of mankind, no one should lecture Africa on morality and culture.
In my view, the absurdities in postcolonial world are not just a reflection of what the authors think about their people or the people they write about.
In cities like Nairobi, the road and daily commute are a ritual of sorts, linking ordinary lives to capitalism and the dream of a better tomorrow.
readers seeking books beyond the school curriculum increasingly turn to street vendors and online sellers for classics, imported titles and locally published works.
while much is said in policy forums about the creative economy, the need to create a pathway for writers to hone their talents remains largely ignored.
Kenya’s political noise reflects weak discourse, urging a shift from personal attacks to idea-based debate, drawing lessons from literary criticism and authorship.
Bookshops should think more about lifestyle, communities and curation.
Technology should help publishers make better decisions, not make those decisions for them.
In the long run, a healthy publishing industry is one that serves both the classroom and the bookshop, both the examination candidate and the leisure reader.
A goon is any man or woman who trades their conscience, values, principles or better judgement to another person for survival.
In his Swahili play Visiki, Khaemba Ongeti dramatises how politicians weaponise cultural identity to win votes.
The poem evokes rural life with extraordinary power, reminding us that as we grow older, we often acquire knowledge that quietly robs us of a child's primal fascination with the world around us.
Books are the gyms of the mind because they allow us to live only one life physically but many others imaginatively.
Plato’s philosopher king was a glitch in the modern system where power is often sought for “the wrong reasons”
Publishers need to invest more in research, especially around children’s books.
One of the most beautiful things about technology is how it democratises choice. From an author’s perspective, it is a joy that today, you can finish writing your novel, collection of short stories
As the Nairobi International Book Fair approaches, publishers and authors are confronting persistent copyright challenges while grappling with how AI is reshaping authorship.
Kenya is a literary powerhouse in Africa. Some of the finest writers from the continent have come from here.
The article argues that memoirs and biographies preserve lived history and can help counter misinformation, propaganda and revisionist narratives ahead of Kenya’s elections.
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