Kwani? 02

Kwani? Journal #2

by Kwani Trust (Publisher), Binyavanga Wainaina (Editor), Ebba Kalondo (Editor)

The second in the kwani? series published by Kwani Trust, this journal features works from a range of writers, mainly Kenyan. Parselelo Kantai's Comrade Lemma and the Black Jerusalem Boys Band was runner up at the Caine Prize for African writing, 2004. Fiction, poetry and bold nonfiction pieces, well selected to suit a range of readers and their tastes. The controversial piece by Uwem Akpan, An Xmas Feast, was first published in this journal. A reworked version of it was published in the New Yorker the first time for an African writer.

316 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2007

Reviews

[Jeremy Hopkins]

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