Walrus Blogger Arno Kopecky writes about times through the festival

NAIROBI—It was all over. We were gathered on the patio of the national museum’s café , post-morteming in the shade, coffee cups shaking in our hands. Binyavanga Wainaina—the next Achebe, or maybe just a good talker—going on about where’s a razor to shave his dreadlocks off: “I just want to see the shape of my skull.”

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Pambazuka Special: The Writer in a time of crises

With over 1000 contributors and an estimated 500,000 readers Pambazuka News is the authoritative pan African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing cutting edge commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs, development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa.

“Pambazuka News has been featuring more and more African writing. We are therefore especially pleased to bring you this special issue on KLF and some of the broader issues surrounding the political and aesthetic concerns of the younger generation of African writers.”

Special Features this week include:
Mukoma Wa Ngugi - African writing in our time

Binyavanga Wainaina: The writer in a time of crisis

Is the pen mightier than a machete? - Arno Kopecky

Putting on the Kwani Lit Fest - Shalini Gidoomal

Special thanks to the Pambazuka team and especially Firoze Manji.