‘The Life & Times of Richard Onyango’ by Richard Onyango
August 28, 2009
‘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
August 28, 2009
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
How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
March 24, 2008
Author: Binyavanga Wainaina
Series: Kwanini
This trio of sharp-witted essays takes irony to a new level. In How to Write About Africa, Wainaina dissects the African clichés and preconceptions dear to western writers and readers with a ruthless precision. Read more
You in America by Chimamanda Adichie
March 24, 2008
Author: Chimamanda Adichie
Series: Kwanini
This is a love story disguised as a travelogue, the tale of a young Nigerian woman who wins a lottery whose prize is a green card to America. Does everyone there own a big house, a big car, and a gun? Not quite, though it turns out there are worse things than guns. Chimamanda Adichie takes us effortlessly from the shanties of Lagos to downtown Connecticut, where love – uninvited but not unwelcome – turns up to eat at a restaurant.
