Nonfiction – Hekaya

Prof Mohamed Hyder: A tribute by Prof Micheni Japhet Ntiba

Prof. Hyder- That is the name we called him in the 1980s through the 1990s and beyond, until he passed on last month,...

Tribute by Mohamed Ali Mwachausa The year was 1995, January, and my peasant parents were wandering all over, trying to...

TRIBUTE TO BABA MWAMADI Today, we celebrate posthumous your life achievements. We can never forget nor calibrate upon...

On Thursday 23rd April 2020, we lost a dear friend, a parent, mentor, a brilliant scholar, a visionary, Professor Mohamed...

Written by Hekaya Initiative on April 26, 2020. Posted in Nonfiction. Leave a Comment

The form which the Swahili Literary Festival has assumed is such that we cannot talk of Swahili Identities without talking...

Written by Hekaya Initiative on April 25, 2020. Posted in Nonfiction. Leave a Comment

The annual Swahili Literary Festival happened from 4th to 8th March 2020 under the theme “Identity Politics”, seeking...

By Professor Mohamed Bakari Fuad Nahdi (1957-2020), a prominent British Muslim journalist, died in London on the 21st...

The Swahili Literary Festival, an annual event entering its second year, is a celebration of the rich intellectual, cultural...

Written by Hekaya Initiative on February 17, 2020. Posted in Nonfiction. Leave a Comment

It has been long propagated, erroneously I may add, that people from the Coast do not read. In a previous article, we...

Knowledge is created then disseminated through various methods, and bookstores play a vital role in the knowledge economy....