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This is a list of
Kenyan writers .
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Samuel Kahiga , short story writer and novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
Joseph Elijah Kariuki (1931–1975), poet
[Jahn]
Amin Kassam (1948–), journalist and poet
[Jahn]
Jomo Kenyatta (1892?–1978), politician and writer
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
[Jahn]
Leonard Kibera (1942–1983), novelist and short story writer
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
[Killam & Rowe]
Wanjiru Kihoro (1953–2006), journalist, writer, academic, activist; produced Kenya News in the 1980s from London
John Kiriamiti (1950–), writer of popular fiction
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
Henry Ole kulet (1950–),
[Zakayo & Manexe]
Kinyanjui Kombani (1981–), writer of popular fiction
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Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), novelist, essayist and poet
David Gian Maillu (1939–) author and publisher
Charles Mangua (c.1940–), fiction writer
[Killam & Rowe]
Anne Matindi (1942–), children's writer
Ali A. Mazrui (1933–2014), academic and political writer
[Jahn]
[Killam & Rowe]
John Samuel Mbiti (1931–), poet and writer on religion
[Jahn]
Miguna Miguna , lawyer
Parmenas Githendu Mockerie (1900?–?), writer
[2]
Mwana Kupona binti Msham (died c.1865), Swahili poet
Micere Mugo (1942–2023), playwright, academic and poet
[Killam & Rowe]
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (1971–), poet, author and academic
Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi (1968–), a.k.a. BMJ Muriithi, US-based Kenyan journalist, works for VOA (US) and NTV (Kenya)
Joseph Muthee (1928–), Kikuyu writer
Meja Mwangi (1948–), novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
Gitura Mwaura , development writer and journalist
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Rebecca Nandwa , Swahili children's writer
[3]
Alexander Nderitu (1979–), novelist, scriptwriter and Kenyan e-book and Print on Demand pioneer
Mona L. Nduilu (1976–)
[4]
Stephen N. Ngubiah (1936–), novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), playwright
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–), English-language and Gikuyu writer
[Jahn]
[Killam & Rowe]
Rebeka Njau (1932–), novelist, playwright and poet
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
[Jahn]
[Killam & Rowe]
Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (1952–), playwright
Njeri Simon Gichimu (Kiswahili and children's story writer, Jomo and the Wild Cats )
[5]
[6]
[7]
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Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014), publisher and author
Atieno Odhiambo (1945–2009), academic
Oginga Odinga (1912–1994), writer, philosopher and politician
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
[Jahn]
Margaret Ogola (1958–2011)
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
Grace Ogot (1930–2015), writer and politician
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
[Jahn]
[Killam & Rowe]
Makena Onjerika , winner of the
Caine Prize 2018
Troy Onyango (1993–), writer
Dominic Owuor Otiang'a (1987–), author, novelist
[8]
[9]
[10]
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (1968–), winner of the
Caine Prize 2003
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• Raddames Tonui (2000–), scientist and photographer
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Wanuri Kahiu (1980–), film director, producer and writer
[12]
Wangui wa Goro (1961–), academic and translator
[13]
Koigi wa Wamwere (1949–), politician and writer
Godwin Wachira (1936–), novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
Charity Waciuma (1936–), novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
Binyavanga Wainaina (1971–2019), founder and editor of
Kwani? , winner of the
Caine Prize 2002
Gakaara Wanjau (1921–2001), writer and Gikuyu nationalist
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ (1970s–), writer
Wanjiru Koinange , writer, restorer of libraries and entrepreneur
[14]
Kenneth Watene (1944–), playwright
[Killam & Rowe]
Miriam Were (1940–), public health advocate, academic and novelist
[Killam & Rowe]
References
^ Staaf, Rune (2011).
"Afrikansk Litteratur på Svenska 1949-1974 (Thesis on the librarian training)" (PDF) . Borås Academic Digital Archive (BADA) . BADA - University of Borås. p. 19. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016 .
^ Angus Calder
"The Journal of Commonwealth Literature March 1983 vol. 18 no. 1 128-130" , 6. A Note on Parmenas Mockerie
^ Kiundu Waweru, "Champions of the writers' bloc",
The Standard , 29 May 2009.
^ Gitonga, Catherine (2007).
Can Scars Become Stars . Nairobi: Revival Springs Media. p. 312.
ISBN
978-9966-7241-0-6 .
^ Gichimu, Simon (25 August 2017). Jomo and the Wild Cats .
ISBN
978-1-9758-1063-4 .
^
"The Guide Kenya" . The Guide Kenya . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^
"2017 the year that was" . Daily Nation . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ Verlag Edition Solitude. Person:
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^ Goethe Institute: our
“Frankly …”
column series is written by Dominic Otiang’a
^
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Der deutsche Traum
Otiang'a, Dominic. - Stuttgart : Akad. Schloss Solitude, 2015.
ISBN
978-3-937158-88-4
^
"Vincent de Paul: It's time we told different African stories" . Nation . 2 July 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ Stevenson, Deborah (29 November 2017).
"The Wooden Camel by Wanuri Kahiu (review)" . Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . 71 (4): 164.
doi :
10.1353/bcc.2017.0865 .
ISSN
1558-6766 .
S2CID
201780558 .
^
Golden Rhino Film Festival Jury Panel
Archived 18 September 2012 at
archive.today
^
"Kenyan women lead bold revival of libraries' faded glory" . The East African . Retrieved 20 July 2020 .
[Gikandi & Mwangi]
Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed.,
The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945 . Columbia University Press, 2007.
ISBN
978-0-231-12520-8 [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds.,
Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries . Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972.
ISBN
978-3-7711-0153-4