A Love Letter To Gen Z 

Dear Gen Z, Please allow us to start off this epistle by referring to you by your proper epithet at this monumental juncture in our country’s history: our leaders. Yes, you are our leaders, and we write to you this love letter to express our love ❤️, solidarity ✊🏿 and pure admiration 🤗. We know […]

From Kakamega High With Love

I don’t remember how it all started, but all I know is that by the second term in Form One, I was Kakamega High School’s high priest of romance. A word charmer. A paper contortionist of matters sensual. A lovesmith hammering out lines on an anvil.  My task was simple. For a quarter of a […]

Write Me A Letter: Just A Band’s Kudish! (The Sound of Soup)

Writing letters to girls was a common ritual in my school. Unless you were a loser, everybody had those writing pads with pink flowers running around the margin, and perfume specifically picked for spritzing your letters before sending them out. The logic here was simple: if the girls will not like you then at least […]

The First Wave of Kenyan Novelists

By conceptualizing and writing these narratives, the real Kenya was shown; the evolving Kenya was shared with the world, and the creators and storytellers came to be praised and appreciated by Kenyans – not just for their work but for paving the way for the next cohorts of writers and storytellers. Respect the OGs!