Is there the political will, as there was with smallpox, to vaccinate every human against COVID-19, before it mutates into something far worse?
What if you survey African literature professors to find out which works and writers are most regularly taught? Only a few canonical ones continue to dominate...
Leila Aboulela and Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, although from two different faith traditions, use fiction as a conduit to re-affirm these faith traditions, one Muslim, and the...
A tribute to the legendary Kiswahili literature icon, Ken Walibora
African mother tongue languages are increasingly being abandoned, with sub-Saharan Africa being one of the regions with the most endangered languages. But the solution will not...
Billy Kahora is a writer of the impact of an age in Kenyan history. In his writings, you piece together the etymology and see that at...
The literary world has lost yet another icon. Another healer of wounds is no longer with us. But Morrison’s language and words will always comfort us,...
Professor Austin Bukenya, a poet, playwright, novelist and academic speaks with The Elephant.
