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In 2020 I was diagnosed with cancer in the middle of the pandemic, and was confronted by my mortality and what it meant for my children and wonderful husband @John_Primrose. This short story is a sliver of life over that period. Thank you @EvergreenReview for publishing

Are you in Lisbon tomorrow, join @AdhiamboKE at Almedina Bookstore at 5pm for a conversation. rhome.letras.ulisboa.pt/en/

“Jeffery Renard Allen’s writings seem to reach us from the darker side of the moon.” —Randy Boyagoda, New York Times Book Review Happy pub day to our editor Jeffery Renard Allen’s “Fat Time and Other Stories”—and congratulations on the rave review! 🎉 nytimes.com/2023/06/18/boo…

Good Morning from The Swahili Seas dipped in liquid gold

Pleased to announce the first of my three @EngagingBorders short films premieres at 6:05 GMT/UTC today. #ThisSideoftheSun "A mute girl, Njoki, finds her voice after political violence leads to the death of her brilliant twin sister, Njeri." Free tickets selar.co/895w

ehhh so my first ever play has somehow made it onto this list amongst some incredible company and ngl, I’m absolutely buzzing about it. @TheRSC was the first company I posted an actual *letter* to when I was 17 so the fact my own brain child’s made it past their doorway is wild.

A thread on Harry Belafonte. “During Kenya’s independence celebration in 1963, Belafonte and singer Miriam Makeba were invited to sing, but they weren’t relegated to some obscure corner of the room after their performances.”

Empire State the colour of Saltire - hats off @ScotGovUSA ! #TartanWeek

BOOK LAUNCH 'FOR WHAT ARE BUTTERFLIES WITHOUT THEIR WINGS' By Troy Onyango (@troyonyango_ ) Hosted by Linda Musita DATE : 23 MARCH, 2023 TIME : 6.00PM - 8.00PM LOCATION: Alliance Française Nairobi POWERED BY: Jahazi Press (@jahazipress ) . =======… instagr.am/p/CqFvExcoSlo/

Last night I was delighted to co- host with my good friend- US Ambassador Mary-Beth Leonard - our first joint leaving party. We are so sad to be leaving but have wonderful happy memories to treasure. ⁦@UKinNigeria⁩ ⁦⁦@USinNigeria⁩

⁦@TroyOnyango⁩ is one of the most resourceful persons in the African literary space. Read this profile of his strides in writing and publishing in the literary sphere. opencountrymag.com/troy-onyango-o…

We are happy to announce that Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor has joined the International Advisory Board @EXC2020 - welcome aboard @AdhiamboKE 🎉 bit.ly/3IT82aQ

Dr. Barbara Magoha, wife to the late Prof. George Magoha, welcomes the funeral procession in to their Lavington home

#CurrentlyReading this collection and one of the stories starts with this... "She died like death meant nothing."🥹 Congratulations on your debut @TroyOnyango 🎉🥰🎉

Celebrating the brilliant @Lenasanya for this amazing innovation! Hongera dada! twitter.com/LeonLidigu/sta…

Kenya has three languages; English, Kiswahili & silence. That was @AdhiamboKE's profound diagnosis of our collective tendency to leave things unsaid. In this installment of Debunk Speaks, @RasnaWarah has a chat with Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, who lets us in on a thing or two or three

We have news of stratospheric proportions 🌟 US-based company Mangata has chosen Scotland as the location for its research and development, satellite manufacturing, and space system and core network operations 👏 #ScotlandIsNow #Space ow.ly/Pqpf50LW02z

Today we are thankful to @TroyOnyango—one of the main reasons Panorama is still around today

We’re pleased to announce that National Museums Scotland will be transferring the House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole to the Nisga’a Nation. A Nisga’a delegation visited us in August to see the Pole and to make a formal request for its return.

The brilliant designs by @Anyangompinga are created from healing Cymatic sound vibration patterns with quotes of love written across the prints. Hats by Sahar Millinery (on IG). Honoured to share the runway with these awesome women ♥️ #kornitfashionweek #FashionWeek

We are pleased to share that the ‘Place, Space and the Senses’ masterclass taught by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (@AdhiamboKE) is now OPEN! The 2-hr masterclass will take place on Saturday, 3 December at 10AM GMT. Limited spaces available. #LolweClasses classes.lolwe.org/class/place-sp…