Tag: Ciku Kimeria
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 in August
The Hargeysa International Book Fair will be happening this year in Hargeysa, Somaliland from 1-6 August and the theme is “Spaces.” The guest country will be Nigeria. The fair looks at all the spaces that are around us. These are all the spaces be they physical, spiritual, cultural, political, social, personal, space within the community, space…
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A review of Ciku Kimeria’s Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges
Book: Of Goats and Poisoned OrangesAuthor: Ciku KimeriaPublisher: SelfYear of publication: 2013Number of pages: 127Genre: Drama Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges is the debut novel of Kenyan writer Ciku Kimeria. The book tells the tale of a married couple Njogu, his wife Wambui, and Nyambura the mistress/side dish/mpango wa kando/small house/add your term of mistress…
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Ciku Kimeria, Ndiritu Wahome play to packed Goethe Nairobi
The Goethe Institut in Nairobi was packed to the rafters for the second edition of their “Conversations with African writers” series. The first in the series happened a few months ago with Kinyanjui Kombani being moderated by our favourite actor/teacher/playwright John Sibi-Okumu. Last Thursday early evening the authors on stage were Ciku Kimeria and Ndiritu…
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Ndiritu Wahome and Ciku Kimeria for Goethe Nairobi
Kenyan writers Ndiritu Wahome and Ciku Kimeria will be the authors who will be discussing their books in the “Conversation with African writers” series at the Goethe Institut in Nairobi on Thursday, March 19th. They will be facilitated by Khainga O’ Okwemba. I’ve talked about Ciku Kimeria on this blog before. She is the author…
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Ciku Kimeria channels Pet Shop Boys, Goes West
The Pet Shop Boys one of the most famous bands in the UK in the latter part of the 20th Century sold more than 50 million records worldwide. The group, two lads, played to packed stadia around the world with stadium management from the US to Japan having to deal with screaming teenage girls and…
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Ciku Kimeria for Ghanaian launch
Kenyan writer Ciku Kimeria is one of the new novelists to watch on the continent. Her weirdly titled novel “Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges” is described as the tumultuous marriage of a middle-aged Kenyan power couple living in the hills of Mount Kenya as it is told by different parties in their life. After a…
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Ciku Kimeria launches ‘Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges’ in Kampala
Ciku Kimeria is a Kenyan writer who exploded onto the literature scene last year with her book “Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges.” The book has been blurbed thus; “It is generally accepted that there are only two possible outcomes to the flipping of a coin – heads or tails. In reality, there is also a…