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Truth Without Fear
Literacy is not just another school outcome. It is the doorway to all learning. When reading collapses, every other subject limps.
When Ngugi wa Thiong’o declared that Gikuyu would be the vehicle of his creative work, it felt like a personal challenge. He was not merely theorising; he was acting.
I have come to recognise a subtle but pervasive phenomenon that has embedded itself in our daily lives: we have slowly normalised the abnormal.
Poetry remains central to human life, but women’s voices—especially in Africa—have long been ignored, a gap now being challenged by a new anthology.
Kenyan secondary schools face a hidden literacy crisis as many learners struggle to read, exposing deep gaps in early education and urgent need for intervention.
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