The Spirit of the first Safal-Cornell writing workshop
It’s Thursday morning. The first edition of the Safal-Cornell creative writing workshop is about to begin. Munyao and...
Mapendi Tungu-nzima
Riwaya hii ya mwandishi Omar Kibulanga ilishinda nafasi ya pili katika awamu ya kwana ya mashindano ya uandishi iliyowezeshwa...
Barua Kutoka Mtaani
Ifuatayo ni riwaya ya mwandishi chipukizi Elias Shelukindo kutoka Tanzania. Riwaya hii ilishinda nafasi ya tatu bora katika...
HAI Book Hub: The Online Duka is open for business
Knowledge is created then disseminated through various methods, and bookstores play a vital role in the knowledge economy....
Swahili Literary Festival 2019: Looking Back
March 2019 marked the first instalment of the annual Swahili Literary Festival, the inaugural theme being “Celebrating...
Maalim Shihab and identity politics in the Swahili Coast.
To read Latifa Chiragdhin’s ‘Shihabuddin Chiraghdin: Life Journey of a Swahili Scholar’, (available on Amazon) a biography...
IPA Seminar: Africa Rising.
The thought of speaking before an audience numbering a thousand or more filled me with an equal amount of excitement...
The Hunters of Akebu-lani
Thousands of our kinds were killed that time, but history won’t remember a single one. We arrived at Mutara wa Tsatsu...
Traveling Story
“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” —...
Article one: African fabrics and the role of Khanga in Swahili cultural preservation
“…For literature to remain a veritable tool and agent of social change, it must continue to reflect the conflicts...