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Njugu Karanga and a Mercedes-Benz
Esther had been told, now and then, that she had a beautiful smile, but it was not often that she found a reason to smile. As she looked at her passport, she knew that not only had Lady Luck smiled upon her, she had, for good measure, also thrown in a happy giggle. In her little palms, she held her passage to the United Kingdom – wealth and good life were beckoning. She thought about how it would be like to not live in poverty, which had stalked her life like a shadow. It was the same poverty that had stalked generations before her.
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Friends, authors and fans of Moraa attended to celebrate her achievement in launching the poetry book.
Moraa’s poetry reminds us that love—whether quiet or blazing—is a force that shapes us.
BookTok is redefining the landscape of African literature, with the potential to be a game-changer. Photo: Hankins Muhanji
There was active participation, with students standing in front of their peers to present a poem they had composed or a story they had written.
Allegations of women sleeping their way to the top aren’t new whether in reality or fiction, and this theme casts a mirror into the state of our societies
This is an enchanting and thoughtful piece of writing that the reader only appreciates by reading slowly and leisurely in order to savour all the juicy morsels the author throws throughout the book.
