Posted by: afrowrite on: October 25, 2009
While Africa’s great writers Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, both teaching in US universities, fight over whether African writers should use English or African language, the writer in Africa is busy explaining the continent to world in English.
Posted by: afrowrite on: November 18, 2008
Muli wa Kyendo
It’s a pity that no one said a thing—unless they whispered—against the illegal harassment of Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar, the best known polygamist in the world. Abubakar, 84 years old, has 86 wives. According to interviews we have read, the women have voluntarily married him and are happy. Even the youngest in [...]
Posted by: afrowrite on: October 17, 2008
By Muli wa Kyendo
A few months ago, I said in Africa we are never bored because there are so many things happening in our Great Continent. Some of these are of such momentous importance that if they were happening in another continent, they would be “World Lead” news headlines. But we never bother because we [...]
Posted by: afrowrite on: September 15, 2008
By Muli wa Kyendo
Nothing generates as much heat as an attack on a people’s culture. Much of it is because both sides – the attackers and the attacked – are blindly committed to their arguments. And worst of all, because these arguments are deeply rooted in belief systems. And belief systems raise fears, worries, and [...]
