STORYMOJA

If they can give us back our tears
Then Africa will have a new sea for years.
God lives in Africa!!!

“Hello I am Betty Muragori.”

“Hello, I am John, and I am Luo!”

you’ve sat long

on that chair

so long that it’s rickety

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

Nixon Mateulah, Sandra Mushi and Dominic Otianga had their short stories voted Story of the Week in October. Tears of a Mother by Nixon Mateulah, Plate of Ugali by Sandra Mushi and Driving Licence by Dominic Otianga.

Do Kenyans kiss? This was the question posed to a group of about thirty ladies, young and old, from all walks of life on a pretty Saturday afternoon. As you can imagine, the women laughed and threw out various answers:

The first time you ever visit a place will forever remain etched in your mind, because of the different experiences, and more so if the place is another continent. It is very sad that my first time in Europe had to be in autumn, had to be on business, and had to be when I [...]

Did you miss the Storymoja Hay Festival? Chris Lyimo tells you what the experience was like forhim in this report of all three days that he was at the SHFK.

I’m not just Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, Masai, Luyha, Meru to name but a few

Organizing a 3-day literary festival for the first time is a very difficult thing but it is more difficult if you have never attended such an event.