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In an era of ‘Jezebels’, whose husband is Elikem?

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie begins with Elikem absent on his wedding day, represented instead by his brother Richard. It is a story that peels back the curtain on marriage, family pressure, and the politics of beauty in African society.

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Macondo Literary Festival 2025

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September 19, 2025

From Date:

September 19, 2025

To Date:

September 21, 2025

This year's edition of the Macondo Literary Festival will take place from 19-21 September, 2025, at the Kenya Cultural Centre in Nairobi.

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After 4.30

Author:

David G. Maillu

Publisher:

Mvua Press

After 4:30 rocketed the now renown author, David G. Maillu, to become the most widely read, controversial and humorous writer in East Africa. Using poetry, the author writes a provocative and bluntly-critical book that is also highly entertaining. The epic is set in the post-independence era of the early 1970s and craftily unravels the problems of housewives, office secretaries, sex workers, and o

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