Nonfiction – Hekaya

The Spirit of the first Safal-Cornell writing workshop

Written by Hekaya Initiative on August 1, 2022. Posted in Nonfiction, Prose, Submissions.

It’s Thursday morning. The first edition of the Safal-Cornell creative writing workshop is about to begin. Munyao and...

Baada ya takriban wiki sita za kupokea miswada iliyowasilishwa kwa mashindano na pia mchakato wa kutafuta na kuamua mshindi,...

Written by Hekaya Initiative on February 24, 2021. Posted in Nonfiction, SLF, Uncategorized.

From celebrating achievement [2019] to Identity Politics [2020], the 3rd edition of the annual Swahili Literary Festival...

Written by Hekaya Initiative on October 23, 2020. Posted in Interviews, Nonfiction.

In a press statement received from Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature, Afrolit Sans Frontieres will...

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...