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Race and class feature prominently as Kenyan President issues directive that spawns confusion, xenophobic attacks
What happens when a government tests how easily economic frustration can be redirected towards an identifiable group? What happens when people who should be asking why their economy is failing instead begin asking why another African is allowed to sell goods on the same street? What happens when a population is so economically exhausted that all it needs is a target?
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Macondo will feature workshops and panel sessions, including a book publishing process workshop that will demystify the journey to author success.
Over the previous three festivals and additional side events, the Macondo Book Society has hosted 59 authors and artists from 20 countries, including 2021 Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Confronted with mind-numbing crimes, it is writers like Kasaine who step up to the plate, use their imagination and help us make sense of these events.
The hybrid nature of the Fair—combining panel discussions, master classes, experiential activities, and book sales—made it wholesome and even more vibrant than the first edition.
The book will be published by eKitabu, with whom Ciku has struck a working arrangement
