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• Long live the King – Michael’s lesson for the artist

  Posted: June 29, 2009, 4:19 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Death, the death of a popular celebrity is shocking even to people who hardly knew the man behind whatever success the celebrity stood behind. I suppose that because the media, mainstream and junk, feeds us so much information about the celebrity – some true, some false, either way we can’t tell – we attain to [...]

• Story of the Week of June 22nd, 2009

  Posted: June 29, 2009, 1:28 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Your votes are in and the story of the week is… Mannequin by Simon Mukali  Read it here Do you have any ideas about how to make your weekly reading more fun? Please send your suggestions to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke today. Join us here on Monday for the next batch of stories and be sure to vote for the [...]

• Get familiar

  Posted: June 22, 2009, 2:18 pm by Storymoja Africa

  I have been saying this a little too often so I went off and found someone else to say it. Unfortunately, I could not find someone from home to say it but, oh well… One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at [...]

• Story of the Week

  Posted: June 19, 2009, 8:10 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Your votes are in and the story of the week is… A Fateful Day in Paradise by KK  Read it here Join us here on Monday for the next batch of stories and be sure to vote for the Story of the week June 22, 2009. If you would like your story to compete for the Story [...]

• Your Professional Writing Career

  Posted: June 15, 2009, 3:10 pm by Storymoja Africa

  I must admit that I quite enjoy the experience of reading, editing and publishing the pieces that are sent in to the Storymoja Writer’s Blog every weekend. Not only do I get lost in some extraordinary works of art, but I also get a chance to watch some of you grow in your writing skills. [...]

• Story of the Week – May 8th, 2009

  Posted: June 12, 2009, 7:11 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Your votes are in and the story of the week is… Jezebel by Cliff Oluoch… Read it here Join us here on Monday for the next batch of stories and be sure to vote for the Story of the week June 15, 2009. If you would like your story to compete for the Story of the Week, [...]

• The Exhibit

  Posted: June 8, 2009, 1:46 pm by Storymoja Africa

  I have my own opinions – strong opinions – I just don’t always agree with them. George W. Bush A friend of mine wrote that on a piece of paper and handed it to me on his way out of my room. I didn’t want to, but I did laugh. I don’t think George [...]

• Story of the Week, June 1, 2009

  Posted: June 5, 2009, 11:09 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Your votes are in and the story of the week is… The Pain of Silence by Chrispus Githae Kimaru… Read it here Join us here on Monday for the next batch of stories and be sure to vote for the Story of the week June 8, 2009. If you would like your story to compete for [...]

• The Writer’s Profession

  Posted: June 1, 2009, 9:48 pm by Storymoja Africa

  A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with a friend that revolved around the artists’ responsibility as defenders of human rights. For very many years, art was not considered a respectable profession. Once, when I told my aunt that I wanted to be a writer, she told me that I had the brains to [...]

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