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  • “Verse of Fire”: A Conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah

    Posted: September 2, 2010, 2:20 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 6pm In “Bought and Sold,” Benjamin Zephaniah asks, “What happened to the verse of fire”? “Smart big awards and prize money,” he warns, are “killing off black poetry.” Poets who seek commercial approval risk losing their ability to find what Zephaniah terms “de magic poem,” a poem that “can ease [...]

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  • “Verse of Fire”: A Conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah

    Posted: September 2, 2010, 2:20 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 6pm In “Bought and Sold,” Benjamin Zephaniah asks, “What happened to the verse of fire”? “Smart big awards and prize money,” he warns, are “killing off black poetry.” Poets who seek commercial approval risk losing their ability to find what Zephaniah terms “de magic poem,” a poem that “can ease [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 18

    Posted: September 2, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 18 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 18

    Posted: September 2, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 18 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kathy Vaughan presents ‘Management Proverbs’

    Posted: August 31, 2010, 2:17 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 5:30pm at the SHFK 2010 Growing up, everyone learns lessons about life through direct instruction and through our social environments.  Some are positive, some negative, some unexplored.  This session will engage the audience in thinking about proverbs as a tool for the modern workplace.  The audience will have a chance [...]

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  • Kathy Vaughan presents ‘Management Proverbs’

    Posted: August 31, 2010, 2:17 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 5:30pm at the SHFK 2010 Growing up, everyone learns lessons about life through direct instruction and through our social environments.  Some are positive, some negative, some unexplored.  This session will engage the audience in thinking about proverbs as a tool for the modern workplace.  The audience will have a chance [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 17

    Posted: August 31, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 17 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 17

    Posted: August 31, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 17 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • To be a man

    Posted: August 30, 2010, 9:00 am by Storymoja Africa
    Written by Martin Njaga Arnie is a fascinating person. At the end of a long-term romantic relationship, this Dutch-South African embarked on an unusual journey of self-discovery. His journey was unusual because, by looking outward, not inward, by talking to men all over the African continent, story-catching as he calls it, he hoped to use [...]

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  • To be a man

    Posted: August 30, 2010, 9:00 am by Storymoja Africa
    Written by Martin Njaga Arnie is a fascinating person. At the end of a long-term romantic relationship, this Dutch-South African embarked on an unusual journey of self-discovery. His journey was unusual because, by looking outward, not inward, by talking to men all over the African continent, story-catching as he calls it, he hoped to use [...]

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  • Story of the Week – KC 13 & 14

    Posted: August 27, 2010, 8:08 am by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! I didn’t Do it by Lilian Kithia is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lilian! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only 6 more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

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  • Story of the Week – KC 13 & 14

    Posted: August 27, 2010, 8:08 am by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! I didn’t Do it by Lilian Kithia is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lilian! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only 6 more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 16

    Posted: August 26, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 16 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 16

    Posted: August 26, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 16 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 15

    Posted: August 24, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 15 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 15

    Posted: August 24, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 15 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • New Media and Writing

    Posted: August 22, 2010, 11:25 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I am hardly a web design techie, or a digital artist, or the leading expert in IT. As a matter of fact, though I have been forced by job demands to be an online Jackie-of-all-trades, my skills are not at all specialised in web design, graphic arts or IT. However, as a writer, I have [...]

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  • New Media and Writing

    Posted: August 22, 2010, 11:25 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I am hardly a web design techie, or a digital artist, or the leading expert in IT. As a matter of fact, though I have been forced by job demands to be an online Jackie-of-all-trades, my skills are not at all specialised in web design, graphic arts or IT. However, as a writer, I have [...]

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  • Story of the Week – KC 11 & 12

    Posted: August 22, 2010, 10:50 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! The Prodigal Son by Frankline Sunday is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Frankline! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only eight more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

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  • Story of the Week – KC 11 & 12

    Posted: August 22, 2010, 10:50 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! The Prodigal Son by Frankline Sunday is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Frankline! As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please note that there are only eight more pictures left before the Kenyan Conversations Writing Contest ends. All winning stories will be forwarded to our [...]

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  • The Young Writers’ Program (Nairobi 2010)

    Posted: August 20, 2010, 2:07 pm by Storymoja Africa
    The YWP was a ten-week introductory fiction course. The project was one of 100 Projects for Peace funded by the Kathryn W.Davis Foundation and conducted worldwide. Each summer, the Davis foundation offers 100 fellowships to undergraduate students in American universities to conduct projects aimed at promoting peace in the world. (See the Davis foundation website [...]

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  • The Young Writers’ Program (Nairobi 2010)

    Posted: August 20, 2010, 2:07 pm by Storymoja Africa
    The YWP was a ten-week introductory fiction course. The project was one of 100 Projects for Peace funded by the Kathryn W.Davis Foundation and conducted worldwide. Each summer, the Davis foundation offers 100 fellowships to undergraduate students in American universities to conduct projects aimed at promoting peace in the world. (See the Davis foundation website [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 14

    Posted: August 19, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 14 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 14

    Posted: August 19, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 14 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 13

    Posted: August 17, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 13 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 13

    Posted: August 17, 2010, 10:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 13 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Submitting to Poetry Competitions

    Posted: August 15, 2010, 10:45 pm by Storymoja Africa
    As you may be aware the Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition is ongoing. Entries will close on Monday 30th August, 2010. Keguro Macharia who is coordinating the competition, has offered these helpful recommendations based on the entries to the Storymoja Hay Poetry Competition so far. Dos 1. Follow the submission instructions. If they ask you to [...]

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  • Submitting to Poetry Competitions

    Posted: August 15, 2010, 10:45 pm by Storymoja Africa
    As you may be aware the Storymoja Hay Festival Poetry Competition is ongoing. Entries will close on Monday 30th August, 2010. Keguro Macharia who is coordinating the competition, has offered these helpful recommendations based on the entries to the Storymoja Hay Poetry Competition so far. Dos 1. Follow the submission instructions. If they ask you to [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 9 & 10

    Posted: August 14, 2010, 9:54 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! The Burning Bush by Eberekpe Whyte is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Eberekpe! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 9 & 10

    Posted: August 14, 2010, 9:54 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! The Burning Bush by Eberekpe Whyte is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Eberekpe! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 12

    Posted: August 12, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 12 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 12

    Posted: August 12, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 12 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 11

    Posted: August 10, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 11 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 11

    Posted: August 10, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 11 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • The Writing Code

    Posted: August 8, 2010, 11:20 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I thought I’d share some humorous writing tips I came across while doing research for this blog. If you read carefully, you will see the point demonstrated. If you don’t, you have absolutely no business calling yourself a writer. Comment below. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Never use no double negatives. Use [...]

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  • The Writing Code

    Posted: August 8, 2010, 11:20 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I thought I’d share some humorous writing tips I came across while doing research for this blog. If you read carefully, you will see the point demonstrated. If you don’t, you have absolutely no business calling yourself a writer. Comment below. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Never use no double negatives. Use [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 7 & 8

    Posted: August 8, 2010, 10:55 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Destiny Unfulfilled by Lukoye Atwoli is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lukoye! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 7 & 8

    Posted: August 8, 2010, 10:55 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Destiny Unfulfilled by Lukoye Atwoli is this week’s Story of the Week. Congratulations Lukoye! Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 10

    Posted: August 5, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 10 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 10

    Posted: August 5, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 10 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 9

    Posted: August 3, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 9. The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 9

    Posted: August 3, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 9. The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Writing Funny

    Posted: August 1, 2010, 11:09 pm by Storymoja Africa
    The day you chose to become a writer, you have very few options with regards to selling your work. So from the very beginning you need to learn skills that will make your writing shine so much brighter than all your competition that your editors and audience really do not have to think much before [...]

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  • Writing Funny

    Posted: August 1, 2010, 11:09 pm by Storymoja Africa
    The day you chose to become a writer, you have very few options with regards to selling your work. So from the very beginning you need to learn skills that will make your writing shine so much brighter than all your competition that your editors and audience really do not have to think much before [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 5 & 6

    Posted: July 31, 2010, 9:14 pm by Storymoja Africa
    What if it ever be, that your esteemed selves, should decide that two stories and not one story shall be crowned Story of the Week, and hence ascend the stairs to present their glory to the persons of the judging panel? You have voted! The Mysterious Visitor by Beth Nduta and The Gentleman’s Club by Clifton [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 5 & 6

    Posted: July 31, 2010, 9:14 pm by Storymoja Africa
    What if it ever be, that your esteemed selves, should decide that two stories and not one story shall be crowned Story of the Week, and hence ascend the stairs to present their glory to the persons of the judging panel? You have voted! The Mysterious Visitor by Beth Nduta and The Gentleman’s Club by Clifton [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 8

    Posted: July 29, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 8 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 8

    Posted: July 29, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 8 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 7

    Posted: July 27, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 7 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 7

    Posted: July 27, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 7 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • The Wall

    Posted: July 25, 2010, 9:54 pm by Storymoja Africa
    People keep asking me how I handle writer’s block. I tell them I don’t. Because I never get writer’s block. I get a massive wall standing between me and that article that’s supposed to be at the editor’s desk first thing in the morning. Now I am afraid of heights, so scaling a wall is [...]

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  • The Wall

    Posted: July 25, 2010, 9:54 pm by Storymoja Africa
    People keep asking me how I handle writer’s block. I tell them I don’t. Because I never get writer’s block. I get a massive wall standing between me and that article that’s supposed to be at the editor’s desk first thing in the morning. Now I am afraid of heights, so scaling a wall is [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 3 & 4

    Posted: July 25, 2010, 8:55 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Carlos the Jackal by Chrispus Kimaru is this week’s chosen story. Congratulations Alex! Read the story/dialogue here. Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 3 & 4

    Posted: July 25, 2010, 8:55 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Carlos the Jackal by Chrispus Kimaru is this week’s chosen story. Congratulations Alex! Read the story/dialogue here. Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversation 6

    Posted: July 22, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversation 6

    Posted: July 22, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 5

    Posted: July 20, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 5

    Posted: July 20, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 complimentary [...]

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  • Pay Attention, Serious Writer – Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 18, 2010, 8:03 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You are done with your novel. You are excited, and anticipate seeing your book in print. After all the hard work, you just can’t wait! So where should you submit your novel, the work of your hands, this creation that you sweated blood over? Go through the list of publishers… Hm, Storymoja looks like a [...]

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  • Pay Attention, Serious Writer – Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 18, 2010, 8:03 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You are done with your novel. You are excited, and anticipate seeing your book in print. After all the hard work, you just can’t wait! So where should you submit your novel, the work of your hands, this creation that you sweated blood over? Go through the list of publishers… Hm, Storymoja looks like a [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 1 & 2

    Posted: July 16, 2010, 4:34 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Illicit by Alex Mutua is this week’s chosen story. Congratulations Alex! Read the story/dialogue here. Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Kenyan Conversations 1 & 2

    Posted: July 16, 2010, 4:34 pm by Storymoja Africa
    You have voted! Illicit by Alex Mutua is this week’s chosen story. Congratulations Alex! Read the story/dialogue here. Kenyan Conversations continues. As announced earlier that we will be posting two photos a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Comment  under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 4

    Posted: July 15, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 4

    Posted: July 15, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 4 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 3

    Posted: July 13, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 3 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 3

    Posted: July 13, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 3 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Writing Conversations

    Posted: July 12, 2010, 3:02 am by Storymoja Africa
    The following tips are borrowed from About.com. I have just mentioned the points in brief so be sure to go online and read up on the tips to great dialogues.   Writing dialogue — realistic dialogue, anyway — does not come easily to everyone. Done well, dialogue advances the story and fleshes out the characters [...]

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  • Writing Conversations

    Posted: July 12, 2010, 3:02 am by Storymoja Africa
    The following tips are borrowed from About.com. I have just mentioned the points in brief so be sure to go online and read up on the tips to great dialogues.   Writing dialogue — realistic dialogue, anyway — does not come easily to everyone. Done well, dialogue advances the story and fleshes out the characters [...]

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  • 4th Contemporary Story and into Kenyan Conversations.

    Posted: July 10, 2010, 3:48 am by Storymoja Africa
    A Freshlyground Professor by Clifton Gachagua Antony is this week’s chosen story with a whooping 106 reader awarded points. Congratulations Clifton! Read the story here. As you may be aware, The Contemporary Kenya contest has merged into Kenyan Conversations. We announced earlier that we will posting two photos a week. You can comment on both [...]

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  • 4th Contemporary Story and into Kenyan Conversations.

    Posted: July 10, 2010, 3:48 am by Storymoja Africa
    A Freshlyground Professor by Clifton Gachagua Antony is this week’s chosen story with a whooping 106 reader awarded points. Congratulations Clifton! Read the story here. As you may be aware, The Contemporary Kenya contest has merged into Kenyan Conversations. We announced earlier that we will posting two photos a week. You can comment on both [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 2

    Posted: July 8, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 2 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations 2

    Posted: July 8, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 2 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 6, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 1 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 6, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Comment on the blog under the picture on the Storymoja Blog or Send in a story or dialogue that is not more than 500 words long. Send in your story or dialogue to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Clearly mark in the subject Contemporary/Kenyan Conversations 1 The prize details are as follows: 1st Prize: 2000/-, 2 Storymoja books and 1 [...]

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  • Tuzungumze Sasa – Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 5, 2010, 1:11 pm by Storymoja Africa
    For a long time, bad things happened in Kenya, because we, Kenyans, did not talk about them, and when we dared to, we did it in hushed tones behind doors. But things have changed. Now we can talk, perhaps too much, about the wrong things, or a lot of times about the right things in [...]

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  • Tuzungumze Sasa – Kenyan Conversations

    Posted: July 5, 2010, 1:11 pm by Storymoja Africa
    For a long time, bad things happened in Kenya, because we, Kenyans, did not talk about them, and when we dared to, we did it in hushed tones behind doors. But things have changed. Now we can talk, perhaps too much, about the wrong things, or a lot of times about the right things in [...]

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  • 3rd Contemporary Story and a notch higher!

    Posted: July 2, 2010, 11:18 am by Storymoja Africa
    Mwangi Ichungwa  follows in Naomi Kamau and Clifford Oluoch’s footsteps with his winning Contemporary Nairobi story The Classifieds and excels! Congratulations Mwangi! At this point, we now take things to a higher level! Storymoja and Generation Kenya have come together to run an experiment on conversations. And we need your help. Twice a week, we will [...]

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  • 3rd Contemporary Story and a notch higher!

    Posted: July 2, 2010, 11:18 am by Storymoja Africa
    Mwangi Ichungwa  follows in Naomi Kamau and Clifford Oluoch’s footsteps with his winning Contemporary Nairobi story The Classifieds and excels! Congratulations Mwangi! At this point, we now take things to a higher level! Storymoja and Generation Kenya have come together to run an experiment on conversations. And we need your help. Twice a week, we will [...]

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  • Guideposts to Great Poetry

    Posted: July 1, 2010, 7:07 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Poetry is the most artistic and form of creative writing. You can write in the abstract or the concrete. Images can be vague or subtle, brilliant or dull. Write in form, using patterns, or write freely, letting your conscience (or subconscious) be your guide. You can do just about anything in a poem. That’s why [...]

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  • Guideposts to Great Poetry

    Posted: July 1, 2010, 7:07 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Poetry is the most artistic and form of creative writing. You can write in the abstract or the concrete. Images can be vague or subtle, brilliant or dull. Write in form, using patterns, or write freely, letting your conscience (or subconscious) be your guide. You can do just about anything in a poem. That’s why [...]

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  • Social Media 101 – Promote your writing online

    Posted: June 28, 2010, 12:19 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Most ‘grown-ups’ I know, scoff when they hear younger people talk about Facebook. I know someone who says ‘Twitter is for twits’. Well, no matter how deep your disdain for social media platforms, you need to know some basic facts about social media platforms. A large part of any writer’s demographic audience ‘lives’ on social [...]

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  • Social Media 101 – Promote your writing online

    Posted: June 28, 2010, 12:19 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Most ‘grown-ups’ I know, scoff when they hear younger people talk about Facebook. I know someone who says ‘Twitter is for twits’. Well, no matter how deep your disdain for social media platforms, you need to know some basic facts about social media platforms. A large part of any writer’s demographic audience ‘lives’ on social [...]

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  • 2nd Contemporary Story of the Week

    Posted: June 26, 2010, 11:39 am by Storymoja Africa
    Naomi Kamau follows in Clifford Oluoch’s footsteps with her winning Contemporary Nairobi story If Who You Are is What You Have… Congratulations Naomi! You have a chance to be the next week’s author of the Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week. Every author who wins the Story of the Week, will have the opportunity to have [...]

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  • 2nd Contemporary Story of the Week

    Posted: June 26, 2010, 11:39 am by Storymoja Africa
    Naomi Kamau follows in Clifford Oluoch’s footsteps with her winning Contemporary Nairobi story If Who You Are is What You Have… Congratulations Naomi! You have a chance to be the next week’s author of the Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week. Every author who wins the Story of the Week, will have the opportunity to have [...]

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  • The Mystery Junkie

    Posted: June 20, 2010, 12:05 am by Storymoja Africa
    Like many of you, I was raised on the Famous Five, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I went through an Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Phase. I have now graduated to Patricia Cornwell’s medical examiner detective series, Kathy Reich’s forensic anthropology series, and some of Ruth Rendell’s tragic detective stories. I am a [...]

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  • The Mystery Junkie

    Posted: June 20, 2010, 12:05 am by Storymoja Africa
    Like many of you, I was raised on the Famous Five, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys. I went through an Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Phase. I have now graduated to Patricia Cornwell’s medical examiner detective series, Kathy Reich’s forensic anthropology series, and some of Ruth Rendell’s tragic detective stories. I am a [...]

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  • Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week

    Posted: June 14, 2010, 11:41 am by Storymoja Africa
    Clifford Oluoch sets the bar pretty high for all of us. Which is why you voted his story DESTINY as the Story of the Week. Thank you Clifford for shining the light on excellence! Read DESTINY here… You have a chance to be the next week’s author of the Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week. [...]

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  • Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week

    Posted: June 14, 2010, 11:41 am by Storymoja Africa
    Clifford Oluoch sets the bar pretty high for all of us. Which is why you voted his story DESTINY as the Story of the Week. Thank you Clifford for shining the light on excellence! Read DESTINY here… You have a chance to be the next week’s author of the Contemporary Nairobi Story of the Week. [...]

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  • Kuona Trust Open Day

    Posted: June 8, 2010, 2:53 pm by Storymoja Africa
    kuona trust centre for visual arts KUONA TRUST OPEN DAY LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND ART FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Saturday 12 June 2010 10.00am – 3.00pm —— 30 Artist Studios Exhibition Gallery Art Workshops For All Ages Mural Painting Library Performance Music Food and Drink Entertainment for the whole family Entry: Adults 300/- Children 100/- [...]

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  • Kuona Trust Open Day

    Posted: June 8, 2010, 2:53 pm by Storymoja Africa
    kuona trust centre for visual arts KUONA TRUST OPEN DAY LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND ART FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Saturday 12 June 2010 10.00am – 3.00pm —— 30 Artist Studios Exhibition Gallery Art Workshops For All Ages Mural Painting Library Performance Music Food and Drink Entertainment for the whole family Entry: Adults 300/- Children 100/- [...]

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  • What is in a Setting?

    Posted: June 7, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. In one of my favourite’s To Build a Fire by Jack London the story takes place on a trail in the Yukon. This setting is vital to the story because nature, the cold and the [...]

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  • What is in a Setting?

    Posted: June 7, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. In one of my favourite’s To Build a Fire by Jack London the story takes place on a trail in the Yukon. This setting is vital to the story because nature, the cold and the [...]

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  • Wisps of Smoky Tears

    Posted: June 3, 2010, 11:15 am by Storymoja Africa
    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words. Robert Frost I have always admired people who can make emotions hang on a word. I have written poetry, but I am a writer of many words, and [...]

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  • Wisps of Smoky Tears

    Posted: June 3, 2010, 11:15 am by Storymoja Africa
    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words. Robert Frost I have always admired people who can make emotions hang on a word. I have written poetry, but I am a writer of many words, and [...]

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  • 2010 Sigana International Storytelling Festival

    Posted: June 3, 2010, 10:31 am by Storymoja Africa
    3 days of sheer magical delight of STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE featuring cross-continental renowned professional Storytellers ALL celebrating The Wonders of Living Tales Diane Ferlatte (USA) Mats Rehnman (Sweden) Love Ersare (Sweden) Jeeva Raghunath (India) Andrew Ssebaggala (Uganda) Dr. Mshai Mwangola – Githongo (Kenya) Alumbe Namai (Kenya) Grace Wangare (Kenya) Githanda Githae (Kenya) EuniceWambui (Kenya / Belgium) VENUE: ALLIANCE [...]

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  • 2010 Sigana International Storytelling Festival

    Posted: June 3, 2010, 10:31 am by Storymoja Africa
    3 days of sheer magical delight of STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE featuring cross-continental renowned professional Storytellers ALL celebrating The Wonders of Living Tales Diane Ferlatte (USA) Mats Rehnman (Sweden) Love Ersare (Sweden) Jeeva Raghunath (India) Andrew Ssebaggala (Uganda) Dr. Mshai Mwangola – Githongo (Kenya) Alumbe Namai (Kenya) Grace Wangare (Kenya) Githanda Githae (Kenya) EuniceWambui (Kenya / Belgium) VENUE: ALLIANCE [...]

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  • Time for a buzz – Contemporary Nairobi

    Posted: May 31, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    I think it is time for a buzz over here. It’s mid of the year, deadlines are catching up, routine is lulling, unless you are planning a June wedding in which case you might be right out of your mind. Still no reason at all for the creative minds to go into a lull. So [...]

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  • Time for a buzz – Contemporary Nairobi

    Posted: May 31, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    I think it is time for a buzz over here. It’s mid of the year, deadlines are catching up, routine is lulling, unless you are planning a June wedding in which case you might be right out of your mind. Still no reason at all for the creative minds to go into a lull. So [...]

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  • Sigana Storytelling Festival

    Posted: May 26, 2010, 8:52 pm by Storymoja Africa
    EVENT: SIGANA INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL (SISF): 2ND EDITION – “Wonders of Living Tales” DATE: 10TH – 14TH JUNE 2010 VENUE: ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE AND ALLIANCE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL KIKUYU DESCRIPTION: Like the hugely successful 2009 edition, this year’s edition of the festival is set to showcase the universal powerful influence of this spoken word art form [...]

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  • Sigana Storytelling Festival

    Posted: May 26, 2010, 8:52 pm by Storymoja Africa
    EVENT: SIGANA INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL (SISF): 2ND EDITION – “Wonders of Living Tales” DATE: 10TH – 14TH JUNE 2010 VENUE: ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE AND ALLIANCE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL KIKUYU DESCRIPTION: Like the hugely successful 2009 edition, this year’s edition of the festival is set to showcase the universal powerful influence of this spoken word art form [...]

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  • Conflict and Tension

    Posted: May 24, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Conflict and Tension Conflict is the fundamental element of fiction, fundamental because in literature only trouble is interesting. It takes trouble to turn the great themes of life into a story: birth, love, sex, work, and death.  -Janet Burroway Are you wondering why your publisher thinks your book might not sell, even though you have [...]

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  • Conflict and Tension

    Posted: May 24, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Conflict and Tension Conflict is the fundamental element of fiction, fundamental because in literature only trouble is interesting. It takes trouble to turn the great themes of life into a story: birth, love, sex, work, and death.  -Janet Burroway Are you wondering why your publisher thinks your book might not sell, even though you have [...]

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  • Story of the Week of 17th May 2010

    Posted: May 21, 2010, 4:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… From my Mother’s Kitchen  by Oliver Mathenge Read it… and look out for its continuation this week! Congratulations Oliver! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. As announced earlier the Poetry exhibition [...]

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  • Story of the Week of 17th May 2010

    Posted: May 21, 2010, 4:58 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… From my Mother’s Kitchen  by Oliver Mathenge Read it… and look out for its continuation this week! Congratulations Oliver! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. As announced earlier the Poetry exhibition [...]

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  • Popular Culture

    Posted: May 17, 2010, 9:03 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Great works of fiction will invariably reflect aspects of the writer’s culture in different degrees depending on the writer’s purpose. On the other hand, works of fiction have an influence in the evolving culture of its readers. A Professor in Literature once cited the Vampire Cult in Los Angeles as an example of this effect [...]

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  • Popular Culture

    Posted: May 17, 2010, 9:03 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Great works of fiction will invariably reflect aspects of the writer’s culture in different degrees depending on the writer’s purpose. On the other hand, works of fiction have an influence in the evolving culture of its readers. A Professor in Literature once cited the Vampire Cult in Los Angeles as an example of this effect [...]

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  • Writing for Teenagers

    Posted: May 10, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away. -Joan Chen Most of them are smart enough to know that being a chokora or a train hobo  will not take away the acne, the nagging mums, the dads who hope for a doctor in the family and the troublesome physics project due on Monday. So [...]

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  • Writing for Teenagers

    Posted: May 10, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away. -Joan Chen Most of them are smart enough to know that being a chokora or a train hobo  will not take away the acne, the nagging mums, the dads who hope for a doctor in the family and the troublesome physics project due on Monday. So [...]

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  • Verse, Words, Emotion

    Posted: May 6, 2010, 5:40 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? [...]

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  • Verse, Words, Emotion

    Posted: May 6, 2010, 5:40 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? [...]

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  • Writing Children’s Fiction

    Posted: May 3, 2010, 3:57 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I grew up in an environment where reading was encouraged. My mom would buy, sometimes second hand, books and books and books. When I was 3 years old, my mum says I would take a handful of books and hide in a closet where no one would bug me. When they could not find me, [...]

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  • Writing Children’s Fiction

    Posted: May 3, 2010, 3:57 pm by Storymoja Africa
    I grew up in an environment where reading was encouraged. My mom would buy, sometimes second hand, books and books and books. When I was 3 years old, my mum says I would take a handful of books and hide in a closet where no one would bug me. When they could not find me, [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Butterfly People by George Kinyua

    Posted: April 30, 2010, 5:30 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… I am still reeling from the 187 points y’all awarded this story! Butterfly People by George Kinyua Read it… Congratulations George! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. Do you have [...]

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  • Story of the Week – Butterfly People by George Kinyua

    Posted: April 30, 2010, 5:30 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… I am still reeling from the 187 points y’all awarded this story! Butterfly People by George Kinyua Read it… Congratulations George! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. Do you have [...]

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  • Kenyan nominated for the 2010 Caine Prize!

    Posted: April 30, 2010, 12:49 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Kenyan writer, Lily Mabura, has made the shortlist for the prestigious Caine Prize of 2010! Lily Mabura received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Idaho and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing (Fiction) and Africana Literature at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her dissertation project includes a novel titled House on [...]

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  • Kenyan nominated for the 2010 Caine Prize!

    Posted: April 30, 2010, 12:49 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Kenyan writer, Lily Mabura, has made the shortlist for the prestigious Caine Prize of 2010! Lily Mabura received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Idaho and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing (Fiction) and Africana Literature at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her dissertation project includes a novel titled House on [...]

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  • The Person of the Writer

    Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Women do not always have to write about women, or gay men about gay men. Indeed, something good and new might happen if they did not. ˜ Kathryn Hughes Now if you are the kind of person whose eyes read ahead and got stuck at the word ‘gay’, I … I have no words for [...]

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  • The Person of the Writer

    Posted: April 26, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    Women do not always have to write about women, or gay men about gay men. Indeed, something good and new might happen if they did not. ˜ Kathryn Hughes Now if you are the kind of person whose eyes read ahead and got stuck at the word ‘gay’, I … I have no words for [...]

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  • Story of the week… And a call out for Poetry

    Posted: April 23, 2010, 5:41 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… I am still reeling from the 187 points y’all awarded this story! Strained choices by Karest Lewela Read it… Congratulations Karest! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. And now after [...]

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  • Story of the week… And a call out for Poetry

    Posted: April 23, 2010, 5:41 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… I am still reeling from the 187 points y’all awarded this story! Strained choices by Karest Lewela Read it… Congratulations Karest! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. And now after [...]

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  • Figure out your Mystery Story

    Posted: April 19, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    We have discussed Science Fiction/ Fantasy (SF/F) writing here before. We have also discussed Crime Fiction(CF).  We touched a bit on dialogue and character creation. We went through story plots. I would like us to think for a bit about that mystery in your SF/F or CF story/novel that makes your readers hang on to [...]

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  • Figure out your Mystery Story

    Posted: April 19, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    We have discussed Science Fiction/ Fantasy (SF/F) writing here before. We have also discussed Crime Fiction(CF).  We touched a bit on dialogue and character creation. We went through story plots. I would like us to think for a bit about that mystery in your SF/F or CF story/novel that makes your readers hang on to [...]

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  • Story of the Week – The Love of one Family

    Posted: April 16, 2010, 8:05 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… The Love of one Family by Mary Kariuki Read it… Congratulations Mary! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. We will be awarding one of our readers and contributors every month, [...]

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  • Story of the Week – The Love of one Family

    Posted: April 16, 2010, 8:05 pm by Storymoja Africa
    Your votes are in and this week’s Story of the Week is… The Love of one Family by Mary Kariuki Read it… Congratulations Mary! Would you like your story to feature here, please send in your work to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Go here to see submission guidelines. We will be awarding one of our readers and contributors every month, [...]

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  • When Fear Gets in Your Way

    Posted: April 12, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    I know that I can write. I have hundreds of ideas, either written down or dictated on tapes. I have read over 30 books on writing. I really don’t believe that I suffer from “writer’s block”. [But] I get this awful feeling in my stomach, whenever I try to sit down and actually write something. [...]

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  • When Fear Gets in Your Way

    Posted: April 12, 2010, 9:30 am by Storymoja Africa
    I know that I can write. I have hundreds of ideas, either written down or dictated on tapes. I have read over 30 books on writing. I really don’t believe that I suffer from “writer’s block”. [But] I get this awful feeling in my stomach, whenever I try to sit down and actually write something. [...]

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