Tag Archives | Billy Kahora

Nothing was impossible for a writer like him

By Chimurenga on 25 May 2019 in Arts & Pedagogy, Books & Oration, Chronic, Faith & Ideology, Healing & bodies

Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina’s Work

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Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams:
A history of creative writing instruction in East Africa

By Chronic on 18 April 2017 in Arts & Pedagogy, Books & Oration

From the earnest hustle of our elders in writing during the 1960s […]

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The Second German Chronic is Here

By Chronic on 27 February 2017 in News

The second German-language edition of the Chronic takes up the theme of new […]

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Authority Stealing in Kenya

By Chronic on 20 May 2015 in Arts & Pedagogy, Books & Oration

In pursuit of some scriptwriter talent, Billy Kahora discovers that academic mantras, […]

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How to Eat a Forest

By Chronic on 19 March 2015 in Healing & bodies, Systems of Governance

Billy Kahora recounts a journey into Kenya’s Mau Forest, where he confronts […]

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Buru Buru

By Chronic on 23 September 2014 in Books & Oration, Faith & Ideology, Systems of Governance

Billy Kahora reflects on the state of the ‘estate’ of his Nairobi […]

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Authority Stealing: The business of crime writing in Kenya, India and Nigeria

By Chronic on 9 July 2013 in Books & Oration, Media & Propaganda

Kenya In pursuit of some scriptwriter talent, Billy Kahora discovers that […]

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Juba ‘I will make my life here’

By Chronic on 13 February 2013 in Cash & Commerce, Chimurenga Magazine, Media & Propaganda, Systems of Governance

The metronomes of ancient history, the legacy of war, the wavering prosperity of peace, impending independence and inter-ethnic tensions beat the rhythms of Juba – the new capital of Southern Sudan. Billy Kahora reports.

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