Granta Interviews Billy Kahora
February 17, 2010
Ollie Brock talks to Billy Kahora Granta’s latest New Voice and author of the story ‘The Gorilla’s Apprentice’. Billy is the managing editor of Kwani Trust.
OB: When did you first become interested in writing?
BK: I was always interested but had too much reading to worry about writing my realities. I started writing in my early twenties, when everything around me started contorting in unprecedented ways. And there emerged a reality that was so unexpected across society that, for me, the only way to deal with it was through writing. And that has never really stopped.
Read the rest of the interview here.
Kwani? Featured In Christian Science Monitor
January 29, 2010
“After social upheaval, clubs and small publishers have sprung up in the East African nation as new outlets
for literary expression.” Read it here.
The Work of War
January 28, 2010
The latest edition of Granta has the theme of “work” . Martin Kimani, a writer who been featured in Kwani? , is among the contributors with his poignant piece the Work of War. Read it here.
Ngugi And Binyavanga Interviewed
January 27, 2010
Two writers. Two generations.Two perspectives.
Granta Magazine interviews Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Watch it here.
The Independent interviews Binyavanga Wainaina. Read it here.
