By Arch. Dr. D.K. Gitau The last few years have quietly devastated many families within the Kenyan diaspora. Behind the glossy photos, the graduation gowns, the new cars, and the impressive job titles lies a deeper, darker story—one that few want to talk about, yet many are living through daily. It is not war, not …

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By Kamau Walkui Senior Diaspora Times Correspondent. As Father’s Day is celebrated, many will honour the men who raised and shaped their lives in countless ways. Yet, within the Kenyan diaspora a sobering question rears its ugly truth: Are Kenyan diaspora fathers truly celebrated or have they been reduced to glorified bill payers? Truth be …

Kenyan Diaspora Fathers: Fathers or Unappreciated Bill Payers ?Read More

By Kamau Walkui The death of Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has cast a melancholic shadow over Kenya and the literary world. While his death is a profound loss, perhaps the deeper tragedy is that we are only now in his death loudly proclaiming his worth. The country that ignored and exiled him in life has …

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By Professor Peter Ndiang’ui For a long time, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o invited me, nudged me, dared me to write in Gikuyu, thelanguage of my mother. Not once, not twice, but with the persistence of someone who knowswhat is at stake: the soul of a people, the rhythm of memory, the dignity of naming the world …

Unshackled by a Poem: How Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o Outwitted My Fears.Read More