Category: Literary Vignettes

By Makau Kitata This week, I observed two student presentations on novels by Chinua Achebe that left me both amused

By Makau Kitata In an age when we constantly stare at phone screens and let algorithms think for us, the

By Makau Kitata He was the only friend I knew who treated inspiration like ritual: a walk across the road,

I went to my uncle’s funeral in July, one of those rare trips back to Mbukoni village. Funerals are sad,

By Makau Kitata My village, Mbukoni, is one of the greenest places on earth, thanks to a Red Cross project

By Makau Kitata Our primary school did not have a playground. Built on a slope in Iveti hills, the only

By Makau Kitata My grandma told me this story as a young boy of 10. That was before I witnessed

By Makau Kitata It was winter in Switzerland, and I had visited on a research fellowship. On weekends, I visited

By Makau Kitata When I completed Class 8, my dad brought me a watch. For years, he had been keeping

By Makau Kitata When my father took me to a day high school, he was a happy man. The fees