New Titles From Kwani Trust
Written by Kwani · July 15, 2009
Kwani? 05 Part 2: ‘Revelations & Conversations’, An Anthology
Kwani? 05 Part 2, ‘Revelations and Conversations’ is the second volume of a collection of testimonials, creative non-fiction, poetry, essays and photography in response to the 2007 elections and its aftermath.Read full editorial.
‘The True Story of David Munyakei; Goldenberg Whistleblower’ by Billy Kahora
In April 1992, David Sadera Munyakei, a newly employed clerk at the Central Bank of Kenya started noticing irregularities in the export compensation claims he was processing. On July 31st 2006, Kenya’s biggest whistleblower passed away in rural obscurity, 14 years after exposing the Goldenberg scandal, Kenya’s biggest economic scandal to date, estimated at over USD 1 billion. Billy Kahora recounts his story.
Read Billy’s review of the experience in The East African.
‘Internally Misplaced’ by Wambui Mwangi
In this story, Seth Karanja, Madam’s professional driver, is having an extremely bad day. Tribe has risen against tribe and his niece, Wacera, has fallen pregnant. To do Madam’s bidding, move from place to place and think calmly of a solution to his niece’s pregnancy, Seth has to watch out for the machetes on the street. Wambui Mwangi revisits a Nairobi under siege after the 2007 elections, and presents a day in the life of this character as Kenya burns.
‘The Life & Times of Richard Onyango’ by Richard Onyango
This Kwani-ni? edition tells a street-to-canvas bildunsroman of one of Kenya’s most successful artists, inspired by a great love of his life. Richard Onyango tells his coming of age story; from his beginnings as a musical apprentice at the Coast, to lover of Drossie, to his emergence as a force in the international art world.
Read Frank Whalley’s review of the Kwani-ni? in The East African.
‘The Life of Mzee Ondego’ by Enock Ondego
Mzee Ondego, Kenya’s greatest choirmaster and Kenyatta confidante tells the story of his relationship with Kenya’s founding father. Unknown as the man behind one of Kenya’s most influential songs – the haunting dirge that played on during those fateful days after the death of Kenya’s first president, Mzee Ondego remembers a time that has become part of our living memory
Dear Kwani Team,
first of all congratulations to your nice work. I keep follwing what you do mainly through your newsletter. Unfortunately so far I never managed to come to one of your so interesting sounding events, even though I was in Nairobi for quite some time this year.
But what I did when I was in Nairobi was buy Kwani 5 Part 1, as well as other books (some of them were not easy to find). Now I am wondering if it is possible to get Kwani 5 Part 2 over here to Germany/Berlin? and how much it would cost?
I really found part one very interesting, it was a nice change to have different perspectives from Kenyans looking at what happened after the elections and not always the same old unreflected explanations from journalists from Germany.
Who most of the time are satisfied if they explained everything with tribal clashes along with some pictures of rioting youth and burning houses and therefore avoiding to explain things in their historical and macro political contexts, adding and reproducing sterotypes that exist over here in about “Africa”.
Next time I will come to Kenya I hope I will manage to visit one of your poetry slams, or readings. I cant wait…
Regards
Sabine
Congratulations. Beautiful work, keep it up. Will be there.
Once again well done on another launch. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on a copy as soon as I return to Kenya (whenever that will be).
I always carry one of the small pocket books with me when I travel and I find something new from each re-reading.
Thank you all and continued success.
Brendan O.A. Harding
Writer/Graphic Artist
Republic of Ireland
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