The late Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. [File, Standard] A lot has been written about Ngugi Wa Thiong’o since he departed this world. Prof Ngugi was a social colossus, and many generations have gotten succour through his emotional and social intelligences. I first met Ngugi, figuratively, as a young lad in Kolanya Boys High School, Busia. As a Form One student, it was my first time to visit a library. All types of books relevant to secondary school students and more, were available. The library was opened throughout the day except on Sunday morning. There was no better place to pass…
Author: By Agumba Ndaloh
Butere Girls High School students declined to perform the controversial Echoes of War play during the 63rd edition of the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival in Nakuru, on April 10, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The arts are meant to entertain, inform and educate. This is what drama and other forms of creative arts have done for eons. Never have they danced to the authorities or been whimsical to nefarious sections of the society. What we should thus do is to make a self-introspection whenever found on the wrong side by the arts. Unfortunately, the world due to ‘Trumpism’, has…