It has been a little over two months since I got into writing full-time and none of my stories have been published yet. I realize now that writing is only a slice of the trouble.  The other many and unforeseen troubles unfold in stages. Before we get into it, do

I was an auditor. With one of the Big Four audit firms in Nairobi, KE. Assurance Line of Service, I prided in those words. Straight from the Nairobi University’s Chiromo Campus, with a wardrobe leaner than my bank balance, fresh-faced and eager to grind in this great machinery that was

It is telling the pea that lies in Chimamanda’s mattresses. Plainly so. The pea is about girls and women in Nigeria and in America. It is about Igbo, ke kwanu? It is about cassava rice and papaya wine. It is about lost femininity and the forgotten woman. I am ten

My baby brother celebrated his birthday last Saturday. On May 18. Apart from DJ Adrian and the (late) Pope John Paul II, he shares the date with five other of my pals. Even the lead character, Sandy Patterson, from the movie ‘Identity Thief’ celebrates his birthday on the same date.

Books reviews are the holy grail of reviews. The thing about writing books and plays is that the literature is purely reliant on the strength of the characters that are created and refined by their creator – writers and directors. Characters are created to depict themes. So the character has

The Facebook announcement was 3 likes and 1 share in when it appeared on my Home page. I followed the link to the Kwani webpage: Nuruddin Farah in conversation with Binyavanga Wainana. Binyavanga is the founder and editor of the Kwani? Trust. Nuruddin, mh? I had never heard of him