Writing Africa: Archiving African and Black Literature

Tag: Ghosts of 1894

  • Jagero Oduor’s Ghost of 1894 launches with bizarre moderation

    Jagero Oduor’s Ghost of 1894 launches with bizarre moderation

    Jagero Oduor’s second book Ghosts of 1894 launched at the Goethe Institut in Nairobi on October 19th, 2016. On his panel were University of Nairobi’s Dr Tom Odhiambo and book blogger James Murua with bizarre moderation from Khainga O’Okwemba. Ghosts of 1894 is the sophomore book by Kenyan writer Oduor Jagero and it follows Habineza…

  • Oduor Jagero interview: on his new book Ghosts of 1894

    Oduor Jagero interview: on his new book Ghosts of 1894

    Odour Jagero interview: Oduor Jagero burst onto the Kenyan literary scene in 2014 with his self-published debut novel True Citizen. The book was launched with some funfair and had decent reviews both like this one from Nduta Waweru then at the Star. The new book Ghosts of 1894 centres on the genocide that happened 1994 as…