Book Reviews
Title: Aminata Goodreads 3.5/5 Author: Francis D. Imbugua Language: English Pages: 81
Book Preview: Aminata is a play written by Francis Imbuga. It stars Aminata as the main character with Jumba as her uncle who are the main antagonist and protagonist. It all talks about women emancipation and change in society due to modernisation.
Title: The Cockroach Dance Genre: Fiction Goodreads 3.9/5 Author: Meja Mwangi Language: English Originaly Published: 1979 Pages: 192
Book Preview: The story of one man's resistance to a system and society run by faceless ones. Dusman Gonzaga lives in a squalid tenement building overrun with cockroaches and inhabited by strange characters. His is a world of poverty, fights, bar women and visits to a doctor who doesn't understand him.
Featured Author: Ken Walibora is a cherished Kiswahili author to many. His career as a writer and poet has seen him win lots of awards, among them The Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize thrice with his Swahili texts, Ndoto ya Amerika in 2003 and Kisasi Hapana in 2009 and Nasikia Sauti ya Mama in 2015. His unfortunate death took many with surprise. We shall surely miss Walibora and his great work. He has surely left a large gap in our hearts. Advertise with us thejournalkenya@gmail.com
Name: Ken Walibora Born: 6th January 1964 Profession: Author Books: Siku Njema, Kidagaa Kimemwozea, Damu Nyeusi, Kufa Kuzikana, Ndoto ya Amerika, Ndoto ya Almasi, Innocence Long Lost among other fantastic books
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The Journal | July - August 2020
