Tag: Kenyan
Discovering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kikuyu-speaking Kenyan writer
Holder of numerous international prizes, born in 1938, is considered the greatest Kenyan writer and is regularly cited as a potential Nobel Prize for Literature. His considerable work (novels, short…
Animals are dead and Kenyan nomads flee along main roads – “I can’t give children porridge and tea”
KENYA The road is asphalt paved and in good condition, built by the Chinese a few years ago. Cars rarely run in the scorching heat, who would have an issue…
Literature: dreaming in times of war, with the Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1/2)
The Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o is the author of an immense body of work inspired by the myths and legends of his country, but also by its political destiny from…
The message of James Kagambi, 62, the first Kenyan to climb Everest
A Kenyan on top of the world. His name is James Kagambi, nickname “KG”. He is 62 years old. And he is now the first Kenyan to have climbed Everest,…
Ukrainian war drives Kenyan Uber drivers into distress – Elizabeth Wanjiru becomes a taxi driver in the face of death
NAIROBI Low-rise, tin-roofed house, two carcasses, a block of brick residential building. Elizabeth Wanjiru, 52, presents its courtyard district in the suburb of Kahawa Sukar, twenty kilometers from downtown Nairobi.…
Kenyan motorists worry about potential fuel shortages
Access to fuel worries in Kenya. For several days, several parts of the country have been facing significant shortages. With our correspondent in Nairobi, Albane Thirouard The Kenyan government in…
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge shines in the Tokyo Marathon
Kenyan double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge won the Tokyo marathon on Sunday March 6 in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 40 seconds, a course record and 4th best performance in…
Kenyan Asbel Kiprop back after 4 years of suspension for doping
Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, Olympic champion in the 1500m in 2008 and three-time world champion, hopes to return to the highest level after the end of his four-year suspension for doping…