Written by Faith Oneya
(Meet Wamathai. He needs no introduction to poetry and spoken word lovers in Nairobi and beyond.)
“I read everything apart from lit-erotica and motivational books.”
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@Wamathai Nairobi, Kenya
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What kind of reader are you?
One that reads everything except lit-erotica & motivational books.
One that reads everything except lit-erotica & motivational books.
What are you currently reading?
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. What books am I likely to find in your bookshelf?
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. What books am I likely to find in your bookshelf?
Mostly books by African writers like Ngwatilo mawiyoo, Taban Lo Liyong, Chimamanda Adichi Ngozi, Chinua Achebe, Yvonne Owuor, Binyavanga Wainana, Naguib Mafouz. I also have books by Khaled Hosseini, Kiran Desai, E.E. Cummins, Jeffrey Archer among others.
Who is your favourite author?
It’s a tie between Taban Lo Liyong &E.E. Cummins
It’s a tie between Taban Lo Liyong &E.E. Cummins
Which authors/books would you highly recommend?
The ones I mentioned in 3 above. They are all amazing in their own way.
What question do you wish you were asked as a reader?
That’s a hard one. Let me go with “Do I spread the reading gospel to people who don’t read.”
Gloria Mwaniga Minage
Faith Oneya
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