Designers explore colourism, nature at Nairobi Design Week The eighth edition of Nairobi Design Week (NDW) brought together an eclectic collection of Kenyan creatives and designers.
Austin Bukenya: Parallel festivals and a Ugandan queen of many nationalities Today marks the eighth anniversary of the departure to the “promised land” of our literary matriarchal ancestor, Mama Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot Nya’Asembo.
Style: Dressing for unpredictable weather Wear something you can take off when it grows too warm, or carry something you can add should it get too cool.
Unveiling the other Kibwana: Social activism through poetry What many don’t know about Prof, is that he is a prolific writer, publisher and poet, with numerous published works to his name.
Tyranny of language and discourse on CBC What the promoters of CBC are calling values are just fuzzy extrapolations.
Female artists shine in art exhibitions Alliance and the Karakana Initiative sent callouts to female artists to show their best works to curators.
Syrian castle among quake-hit UNESCO heritage sites at risk The Fortress of Saladin is an architectural treasure with Byzantine roots in the 10th century rebuilt by Frankish Crusaders in the 12th century.
Hire her, narrate your story and see it become a book Trained in business, Wanjiru Waithaka has found a niche in writing and she writes biographies as well as fiction.
Peperuka, the brand that tells African stories The brand tells African stories through unique products with powerful symbolic representation and language.
Kimtai Cherongis: Let’s inspire students to pursue writing careers Writing needs fervent practice coupled with persistence and passion.
Africa Kills Her Sun: Hopes of youth dashed in Nigeria The youth and other Nigerians looking for change had pinned their hopes on Mr Obi, but those aspirations have now been dashed.
With a background in IT, she now writes about feminism Lyna Dommie Namasaka, 26, has a professional background in IT and finance. She wears many hats, but today she wears that of author and activist.
Austin Bukenya: Departed East African colossi leave me gasping with respect Mama Grace Onyango of Kisumu was the first female Mayor of Kisumu, and later the first elected female Member of the Kenyan Parliament.
The rise and rise of sustainable fashion Such fashion allows us to enjoy our relationship to and with our clothes.
Austin Bukenya: Keep your love, says the woman, give me respect and I’ll be fine International Women’s Day cannot be a one-day affair. It is a continuous and permanent struggle.
Marjorie Macgoye: Fighter for women empowerment Synoptically, Marjorie’s literary works sought to help amplify — and push to the foreground of public discourse.
Will the rise of AI take over my writing job? Writing stories is an art: it’s as old as human existence, I don’t think that machines can ever learn how to tell stories the way humans can.
Mount Kenya University to host mega staging of plays The university’s amphitheatre will be the venue for three productions namely Blossoms of the Savannah, Chozi la Heri and Bembea ya Maisha
The untold story of General Nkaissery The no-nonsense disciplinarian had served in the Kenya Defence Forces for 30 years.
Book calls for action before environmental apocalypse Usoni is a fictional concept about a woman and her daughter trying to make it across the ocean back to Africa after Europe becomes uninhabitable.
Why Rwanda genocide story should be told and retold Such stories need to be told and retold even if it is just to remind humanity of where the road to annihilation can lead to.
Nairobians have a good reading culture, study reveals Older people — aged above 45 years — were found to be more frequent readers than younger ones.
