11 min read. Ken Okoth was a visionary and inspirational leader whose death has left a nation in mourning and reflection.
11 min read. Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino and Song of Ochol faced numerous rejections from publishers before the collection was eventually published in 1966. The...
11 min read. Only when politicians, eschew personality cults, and accept that the offices they occupy are not personal fiefdoms, will they allow the evolution and...
13 min read. Akothee does not vilify the man. Instead, she accepts that she was going through a rebellious phase in her life taking full ownership...
13 min read. One could rightfully argue that protest music in Kenya is muted, not because artists are not producing it, but because the genre has...
13 min read. Ayub Ogada remained largely unrecognised and unacknowledged at home – but he will be remembered globally for being a nyatiti prophet.
5 min read. Several years ago, I played host at the Nyungu Cultural Club Personalities evening to Wambui Otieno. The public’s enthusiasm to attend this event...
