2020
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
157
Number of Pages
Ten new stories from Kenya. Herein are to be found vampires and gods; sex toys and exhibitionists; divorces and soon-to-be divorcees; heart attacks and heartbreaks; grief unending, bad decisions and unexpected salvation; the unemployed, troubled expatriates, hustlers and conmen; adventures in Nairobi, Dar es Salam, Mt. Elgon and everywhere in between; friends who are not just friends, unruly relatives and beloved but complicated parents. Featured authors Miriam Amoit Rumona Apiyo Nyasili Atetwe Clarie Gor Alvin Kathembe Duncan Mwangi Aggrey Oriwo Gladwell Pamba Natalie Sifuma Kiprono Tonui This anthology represents the work of authors who have participated in fiction classes at the Nairobi Writing Academy, an organization run by 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing winner, Makena Onjerika.
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
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Author
Makena Onjerika
Author · 2 books
Makena Onjerika is a Kenyan writer, who won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story entitled "Fanta Blackcurrant", published in Wasafiri (2017) Makena is a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing programme at New York University, and has been published in Urban Confusions and Wasafiri. She founded the Nairobi Fiction Writing Workshop and edited the anthology Digital Bedbugs, composed of the stories from the workshop. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and is currently working on a fantasy novel.
