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The Documentary: World Book Café: Nairobi

Kenyan writers

29/06/2019 GMT

World Book Café: Nairobi

BBC World Service - The Documentary, World Book Café: Nairobi

The new generation of Kenyan writers making waves in East Africa.

Despite its status as a regional hub for East Africa and as a dynamic young city and melting pot, the thriving literary scene in Nairobi is largely sustained by a ‘do it yourself’ work ethic.
 
Lawrence Pollard meets a panel of writers-with-a-hyphen: a teacher, a banker, a podcaster and a journalist – all of whom have found success against the odds in Kenya, a country whose publishing industry has been slow to adapt to modern tastes. Lawrence’s panel includes writer, teacher and winner of the 2018 Caine Prize Makena Onjerika; novelist and journalist Peter Kimani; podcaster Beverley Ochieng; and author and banker Kinyanjui Kombani.

Producer: Simon Richardson

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