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Therapy Sessions: A Conversation With Amanda Nechesa

Amanda Nechesa is a Nairobi-based writer, poet, and feminist practitioner who uses literature and digital storytelling as tools for social transformation. Through her work, she seeks to amplify art and culture, challenge inequities, and explore the vulnerability of the human condition. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Brittle Paper, The Feminist Magazine, Isele Magazine,, Efiko Magazine, Kalahari Review, Lolwe, The Elephant, Voices Of The Revolution poetry anthology, and the first, second, and fourth editions of Qwani anthologies; among others. She is also the author of How To Make This Boy Go Home With Me (Qwani, 2025).

The Editors

May 6, 2026

Qwani, Four Years On: A Conversation with Keith Ang’ana

Keith Ang'ana is a writer, researcher and historian whose work focuses on the intersection between people, cities and the quiet politics of everyday life. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Qwani.

The Editors

April 29, 2026

Female Poets Kenya, a conversation with Wangui Kimani

Wangui Kimani is a multi-award-winning poet, writer, and eco-artist whose artistry bridges activism, culture, and climate justice. As co-founder of Female Poets Kenya, she uses poetry to amplify women’s voices, preserve African traditions, and champion social change.

The Editors

April 22, 2026

Tracing the Faulty Line: A Conversation with Felix Odhiambo

Felix Odhiambo is a filmmaker and documentary photographer driven by a passion for wildlife conservation. His current focus is on bridging the gap between people and the natural world through compelling visual storytelling.

The Editors

April 15, 2026

Desire Path, a conversation with Migwi Mwangi

Migwi Mwangi is a storyteller from Nairobi. His debut collection, Desire Path (University of Pittsburgh Press), is forthcoming in September 2026.

The Editors

April 8, 2026

SAMBAZA 02

I can hear my blood moving as I camouflage. Is this how people get murdered?

Tonny M.K

March 4, 2026

What Substack Taught Me About Kenyan Youth

Online, it is easy to confuse visibility with conviction. Once people realise that certain postures are rewarded with readership, affirmation and a sense of belonging, writing quietly turns into a market. You begin to see essays written not because the writer is wrestling with a question, but because the moment demands content.

Nyamani Marwa Matiko

March 2, 2026

a kenyan tongue in japan

a kenyan tongue in japan realizes speech fillers like aa, mm, nini, poa, or lakini are native to its city

Sheila Ngei

November 29, 2025

Nyumbani Ni Wapi

Nyumbani Ni Wapi is a visual archive of women we've lost and the families left behind due to femicide and gender based violence. The painting Series turned comic sheds light on the growing crisis of femicide and gender-based violence in Kenya.

Leasebeth Kisemba

November 10, 2025

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Don Birhange

September 8, 2025

Sambaza

"According to article 37 of the Constitution of Kenya,’ I heaved, “every person has the right, peaceably and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to-”, I was interrupted by the crack of a baton on my upper arm which saw me fall to the ground with the smirking policeman staring down at me in distaste. ‘Madam, untaka nikubebe juu juu pia wewe uende na boyfriend?”

Tonny M.K

September 8, 2025

Kanairo and Other Poems

we kowtow to the complicated mouth of memory, genuflect before its jeweled spine, kneel before its brass, to its salt hinges, how it opens only to call our names in a city that blushes at the sight of lovers –

Frank Njugi

September 2, 2025