Join Dennis Mugaa as he discusses his debut short story collection, “Half Portraits Under Water” which features ten loosely interlinked stories that explore love, loss, and the interconnected nature of human experiences.
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo discusses her award-winning debut novel, “When We Were Birds”, a mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago.
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A chat with Dipo Faloyin, a Nigerian journalist and author of non-fiction novel, “Africa Is Not a Country” on how his book seeks to reverse the simplistic and stereotypical depictions of the continent.
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Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia talks all things “Kifo Kisimani” (Death at the Well), a play about the resilience of everyday people in the face of tyranny. The text that once served as a secondary school setbook in the mid-2000s and is set for a possible stage revival.
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Deep dive into Ayisha Osori’s work, Love Does Not Win Elections about how she ran for the People’s Democratic Party’s ticket to Nigeria’s House of Representatives in 2015 and lost.
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Velia Vidal explores her latest book, “Tidal Waters”, which is a vision of how creating something for your community and yourself is a way of reading and writing your way into a known place and a new self.
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One-on-one discussion with Goretti Kyomuhendo about her new novel, “Promises” that exposes the shadow world of illegal immigrants, and the creativity with which people in the legal margins rise to meet an inhumane system.
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