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Frankline Sunday is currently a fourth year student of Mass Communication and Media Technology at Maseno University. The Prodigal Son by Frankline Sunday was the winning story of KC 11 & 12.

Eberekpe Whyte Anthony Ogho is a Nigerian. The Burning Bush by Eberekpe Whyte was winning story of KC 9 & 10

Beth Nduta 24 years old, working at one of the publishing Companies in Nairobi. Trained as a teacher
of English at Maseno University, She is inspired by little things that happen around her everyday.
‘I like writing poems and short stories, and am currently working on my Anthology of Poetry and
Short stories.’

Beth is the author of the [...]

Alex Mutua is the author of the Kenyan Conversations Story of the Week Illicit.

Clifton Gashagua is 4th year biomedical student. ‘I spend my time in the laboratory writing poems and prose on notebooks. Every time I start on a story I imagine it as a poem so I often end up writing poems! I know I’ll end up as a microbiologist. I water the flowers at home thrice [...]

On this “Verse of Fire” panel at the SHFK, Benjamin Zephaniah is joined by Kenyan poets Tony “Smitta” Mochama and Njeri Wangari, in a wide-ranging discussion about the present and future of poetry, the relationship between art and activism, and how to engage multiple audiences through innovative performances.

Mwangi Ichung’wa writes for the sheer love of it.

Naomi Kamau is a 2nd year Communication student in Daystar University, Nairobi Campus. She believes in people inspite of all that affects them. She enjoys composing poems and stories.

Clifford Oluoch, a career teacher and a jack of all creative trades, believes in well written and well told stories. Everyday events such as a wobbly handshake, a toothless smile or any ‘normal’ human behaviour inspire him. His other works include playscripts, children’s novels and Maths text books.

“Petina Gappah’s humane and disarmingly funny mosaic of life in Zimbabwe is undoubtedly one of the very best.”