Josiah Odanga
Mr. Odanga is a Kenyan multimedia journalist, with a strong bias for writing.
Author: Michelle Obama
Editors: Marta Evans and Hanna Masters
Publisher: B2 BOOK (Agate Publishing Inc.)
Reviewer: Josiah Odanga
I read this book from the cover to the blurb in less than two hours.
One of the reasons is that it outlines Michelle Obama’s life experiences and how she thinks about them in a precise manner.
Another reason is to be found in the flavor and...
The cool and calm Borabu Constituency in Nyamira County is often referred to by locals as "scheme".
I identified a biker at Nyansiongo (Kijauri) bodaboda stage. On our way, the evidently proud rider slowed down and drew my attention to two majestic homes and one empty piece of land, neighbouring each other.
He said: "Hapa chini ni boma ya Governor James...
For a long time, the derision has been that "if you want to hide something from Africans, hide it inside a book!"
However, this can change especially if stakeholders in the education sector could encourage children to read.
For three years, a university don has been in the frontline to instill a reading culture in young, school-going children so that they...
In this article, I walk you through the Caine Prize winner, participation by gender and synopses of five stories that made it to the 2021 shortlist of the Caine Prize.
Ethiopian-American writer snatched the 2021 Caine Prize from a Kenyan and three other Africans on July 26, making it the fourth time a woman won the annual fete in a...
AUTHOR: Wangari Muta Maathai
PUBLISHER: Doubleday, New York
“Sometimes, in order to see clearly, we need to step aside and look at situations from different perspectives.”
These are the exact words that the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Muta Maathai used as part of the introduction while writing her book, Replenishing the Earth, in 2010.
Whereas Wangari says them to compare the...
Cases of teenage pregnancies have been on the rise in Kenya but less has been said about where exactly the sexual activities happen.
After a series of interviews involving teenagers of both genders, elders and academicians, we can now reveal exactly where the boys and girls usually meet to mess up their lives.
Simba or Isimba are Luo and Luhya words...
The sun was overhead in Pap Ndege village, Homa Bay County on Wednesday 22 September 2021.
We hit the road, destined for Sasi Primary School in Kanyadoto Ward, Ndhiwa constituency via Rodi Kopany.
The convoy had three vehicles.
We meandered the dilapidated Rodi Kopany-Ndhiwa road, even as we complained of the many diversions on a major road which had no constructor on...
