2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Writing & Authorship

Rebecca Mongina is a teacher by profession, a poet, author and youth and empowerment advocate at Daraja United Women and Youth Empowerment. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Becca the Poet: Poetry has enhanced my courage and shaped my worldview

Embrace poetry in all forms and find ways to fix it in what you do; find joy in what you do, for that will always keep you goingBecca the Poet. She started chasing her passion...
Cover and blurb of The Reunion. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: The Reunion

Title:        The Reunion Author:    Kekelwa Nyaywa Contact:    elugalia@eastafricanpublishers.com Cost:         KSh500 Publisher and Year:   East African Educational Publishers (EAEP), 2020 Reviewer:  Mbukha Shitemi The Reunion by Kekelwa Nyaywa is a moving story about Felize,...
African Writers Awards logo. E-POSTER/Writers Space Africa (WSA).

WSA: Announcing the 2023 African Writers Awards

The Writers Space Africa (WSA) Foundation is a remarkable not-for-profit organization registered in Tanzania.  Its visionary founder, Anthony ‘PenBoss’ Onugba, established the organization with the noble aim of empowering and elevating the voices of writers...
Front cover of Fathers of Nations, a novel by Paul B. Vitta. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: Fathers of Nations

Title: Fathers of Nations  Author: Paul B. Vitta Publisher: Oxford University Press Year of publication: 2013 Revised edition: 2021 Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Fathers of Nations is the current compulsory novel studied by current form three and will be first tested next year, 2024, in Kenya Certificate of...
Cover page and blurb of The Silent Footsteps, an autobiography of and by Prof. Ipara Odeo. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: The Silent Footsteps 

Title:   The Silent Footsteps Author:  Ipara Odeo Cost:              KSh1,000 Contact: iparaodeo@yahoo.com  Publisher and Year:     Kibabii University Press, 2020 Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi The Silent Footsteps is an extraordinary story that...
The front cover of the anthology 327 Thousand Feet High by Anthony Oduori. PHOTO/Bonface Otieno, Scholar Media Africa.

BOOK REVIEW: 327 Thousand Feet High

Title: 327 Thousand Feet High Author: Anthony Wesonga Oduori Edited by: Tom Odhiambo  Publisher: Contact Zones Publishers Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Poetry is a unique genre of expression most writers have incorporated freely in their means to condemn, appreciate, critique,...
Front cover of A Silent Song and Other Stories set-book. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: A Silent Song and Other Stories Part 2

Title: A Silent Song and Other Stories (Part two) Editor: Selected and Edited by Godwin Siundu  Published by: Spotlight Publishers E.A Limited  Publication Year: 2020 Reviewer: Bonface Otieno Recently, I reviewed the first five stories in the Anthology of...
Dr. Mosinya Nyaberi poses with Judith Omondi during her book launch on March 9, 2023 at Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi. The two were fellows in the KAGHLP 2021/22 cohort. PHOTO/Kemunto Ogutu, Scholar Media Africa.

Former Kofi Annan Fellow launches her debut leadership guide

In a book launch held at Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, on March 9, 2023, Chief Justice Emeritus David Maraga, the event’s chief guest, unveiled 101 Authentic Leadership Lessons, a book written by a public health...
The book's cover page. Toperesu encourages ther reader to press on, even when things seem hard, with the hope of coming out of it all successfully. PHOTO/Courtesy.

BOOK REVIEW: It’s Okay to not be Okay

Title: It's Okay to not be Okay - Getting the best out of every unpleasant experience Author: Tawanda Toperesu Home Country: Zimbabwe Email: toperesutawanda98@gmail.com Price: 10 USD Genre: Inspirational Publisher: BMZIT  Reviewer: Daniel Tusiimukye K'abaasa  Tawanda Toperesu, a Zimbabwean-born author and entrepreneur,...
Five of Malcolm Gladwell’s seven titles. PHOTO/JP.

Why start the year with Malcolm Gladwell’s books?

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, putative public speaker and best-selling author. His books include: The Tipping Point (2000), Blink (2005), Outliers (2008), What the Dog Saw (2009), David and Goliath (2013), Talking to Strangers (2019) and The Bomber Mafia (2021).  In 2022, I read Outliers, The Tipping Point, and David and...