Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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butterflyke wrote:kiterunner wrote:muganda wrote:I read and reread BikoZulu's A power nap in the ditch...The style in that short story, quick paced, short sentences, describing the characters look, mind, biases - very unique. Okay there have been other narratives that follow the same flow, even a movie like Changing Lanes. But not many writers I've read tell a Kenyan story so effectively. I read somewhere Jackson Biko has some respect for Pala Oyunga (denizen of old relationships). But as with all students, he surpassed his master. He writes very well though their styles are slightly different. Pala mostly writes on relationships with a tinge of male chauvinism which makes him popular with men while Biko tells the contemporary Kenyan story with shock humour with a unique style. PS Is your first name Clay? If it is I think you are one of the most objective writers in NMG (With Muriithi Mutiga). Every other Kenyan columnist at NMG dons orange/red goggles from time to time IMO Clay Muganda, Muriithi Mutiga, Mutuma Mathiu..... how dare they imply that he is living under the poverty line and his car uses 56 bob to ignite. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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