Tag: Nganga Mbugua
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Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe win Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016
Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe are the winners of the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016. The two writers who won in the English and Swahili categories respectively each go home with Kshs100,000. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was the showcase presentation at the dinner hosted at the Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi on September 24,…
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Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016 shortlists announced
The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016 shortlists were announced on 11th August 2016. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was set up in honour of late great Kenyan satirist and author Wahome Mutahi who passed on in 2003. The Kenyan Publishers Association set up the award to works that explore human rights, governance, etiquette and other…
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Kenyan author Nganga Mbugua predicted #NgiluSingh jokes
The big story in Kenya right now is the #NgiluSinghJokes that have been trending on Kenyan Twitter. The jokes as a back story started when the police teargassed Kenyan school kids in what many considered a land grab by a powerful Kenyan. The lands minister or Cabinet Secretary as we call them here tabled the…
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A review of Nganga Mbugua’s Different Colours
Book: Different Colours Author: Ng’ang’a Mbugua Publisher: Big Books Publication date: 2011 Number of pages: 260 Genre: Fiction With the Nairobi International Book Fair in town then it’s only fair that I review a book from one of the folks in the running for the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to…
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Wahome Mutahi Prize for Literature 2014 nominees announced
The Wahome Mutahi Prize for Literature 2014 nominees have just been announced. They are in four different categories English Adult, Kiswahili Adult, English Children and Kiswahili Children categories. The two children’s categories were introduced for this year’s Award. Winners in each category will take home a cash prize of sh50,000. English Adult category The Last…
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Daystar literature program “Creatives Academy” wraps up
The literature program of the Daystar University where students learn the business of writing called The Creatives Academy ended on Saturday after 12 weeks. It was one of the most innovative programs for students of literature in recent times in Kenya. Students were offered an opportunity to interact with professionals in writing thus learn how the…
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Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2014 call for submissions
The deadline for the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2014 is 31st March 2014. Wahome Mutahi was one of Kenya’s most beloved figures in the written word. He was famous for “Whispers” a column he wrote every weekend in the Sunday Nation about a man who came from the village and how he had to cope…
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Nganga Mbugua, Kap Kirwok and Ken Walibora for Daystar Creatives
Three of the best-known writers in Kenya will be giving advice to budding writers at the Daystar Creatives Academy on Saturday. The Daystar Creatives Academy series is one of the most innovative things to come out of the country in recent times. It allows for younger aspiring writers to learn from the people who have…
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A buffet of Kenyan authors at the Junction Mall
If you are following the literature space from out of Nairobi you would probably believe that the only people who have written books in Kenya are Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Binyavanga Wainaina. The truth is that there are many people who have written books in Kenya with less exotic names and the chances to see…