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David Maillu

David Maillu is a prolific author well known for his enthralling novels dating from the 1970s.

Shani Akilah is a Black British Caribbean writer from South London. She is the author of For Such a Time as This, which won Best Short Story Collection at the 2024 Cosmopolitan Book Awards and has been optioned for television.

Lesley Arimah

Lesley Nneka Arimah was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria and elsewhere her father was stationed. Her stories have won a National Magazine Award, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Caine Prize, and an O. Henry Award.

Makena Onjerika

Makena Onjerika is a Kenyan writer who won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing and was shortlisted for the 2020 Bristol Prize and 2022 NOMMO Award for Short Fiction.

Njahira Gitahi

Njahira Gitahi is a literary discussant, interdisciplinary thinker, and international lawyer.

Wanjira Wanjiru

Wanjira Wanjira is a grassroots activist who co-founded the Mathare Social Justice Centre and the Matigari Youth Book Club.

Patriciah Joseph

Patriciah Joseph is the Programmes Manager at Katiba Institute. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over ten years’ post-admission experience.

Ziya Africa

Ziya Africa is an artist and social impact champion whose work rises from the fault lines of identity, longing, and liberation.

Garnette Olunya

Garnette Olunya is a researcher and literary scholar.

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer whose mythopoetic prose has reshaped African and global literatures.