Books
Articles & Essays
The Havoc Of Choice turns one
My debut novel The Havoc of Choice is now a year old! I never would have imagined that researching, writing and publishing this book would show me myself so eloquently...
The Havoc Of Choice - an excerpt.
It had happened. The election that Thuo anticipated would change his life had passed.Just like that. And it had left him behind...
Lady McMillan, the Library
Once upon a time, Sir William Northrup McMillan journeyed through Africa and settled in Kenya with his wife, Lady Lucie McMillan...
A hairy little thing called race
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s writing often fills me with passionate rage and desperate envy. I have said this to anyone who will listen...
12 steps to make him love you
Dear Cosmo obsessed Shyro, This is me trying to save you from the heart pain and shame that will follow you to your grave if you keep flipping ...
Wainaina's endearing head in the clouds memoir
Binyavanga Wainaina’s memoir took him six years to write because “the problem with the world is that it just refuses to...
The sheer joy of hearing ideas
It would have been great to be around decades ago when the only thing to do once the sun set was to gather the young ones around the fire and distract...
Papa wasn't a rolling stone
I see you. Sitting there in the house we grew up in, trying to figure out how to get as far away as you can from the fact that Dad has just died...
Visiting Kigali
I was once asked to organise a panel discussion at the University of Cape Town’s creative writing department, which featured Nigerian writer and art historian Teju Cole. I recall meeting him before the event...