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You are the largest redwood tree in the oldest forest in all the land. hot and humid and unpredictable the wild may be, but cool and calm you stand. With a bark too thick to succumb to critique [...]

Interview by Frank Njugi (Kenya) Edited by Lise Kiberwa (Rwanda)   1. Hello Mapenzi. It is a pleasure talking to you. You are someone who wears many artistic hats; the principal ones being [...]

They say your friends are your chosen family just a phrase we use to cover it all, Because in the end, family is all we’ve got. All these connections are draining – We claim forever but [...]

Kaniaga kaondoka, kaamba huku hafai, Motoni pana mashaka, peponi ndipo tamrai, Mechoshwa na wahaka, kule yeye tafurai, Kaibwaga etu mila, mesafiri utumwani. Maskani masikini, ulaya tapata mali, [...]

Syllables, they said, One-two-three, A meter made. Feet, at times three, So stressed! A pentameter, short , long. A whole five feet, not less, Two and a half people? So confused, no more fun; So [...]

The church was filled with jovial attendees. Few were sitting, and the rest were standing, trying to get a glimpse of the occurrences. The majority of the congregation had not received the card [...]

Interview by Frank Njugi (Kenya)   1. Hello Muhammed, it is a pleasure talking to you. You are a young African writer making waves in the literary world. When did you start writing and what [...]

In the broken bottles are men By marital issues; overweighed. drowning dreams in streams of fermented drinks, bodies ashamed of their roles in an existence captive to a cycle of recurring [...]

Diallo had tied my hands behind my back and put me in the corner of the room. He stood by the hinges of the thick metal door and kept his eyes trained on the gap between the door frame and the [...]

  Interview by Lise Kiberwa (Rwanda), edited and curated by Frank Njugi (Kenya) 1. Hello Naomi, It is a pleasure talking to you. You have been termed a strong Kenyan voice in the [...]