Khole and other untold stories from Africa / Andrew Nyongesa andRobert Rotich (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nyongesa, Andrew Wafula, 1980- editor.

Rotich, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, African (English).

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

vii, 178 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Nairobi] : Nsemia, January 2025.

Summary:

"An anthology of short stories, is based on Chinua Achebe's postulation about the need for African writers to refrain from Afropolitan rejection of African subjects. This would enable audiences to taste 'the balance of stories of the world's peoples' because, for centuries, readers had been served with a single Western story. The contributors in this collection return to the African past and explore positive attributes of African culture. Nyongesa's Khole explores the potential of African spiritual healing in contrast to modern medicine. Muruli Muhandi, in When Kumtoto dances, is on the pre-eminence of African spirituality as personified in altars that are of great influence in African lives. Robert Rotich's My grandfather's old coin is on Kipsisgis marriage rites, while Felix Okuku explores the impact of the spiritual among the Mijikenda of Kenya. The stories, as well as the others in this collection, affirm Edward Blyden's postulation that AFrican peoples are destined to make an outstanding spiritual contribution to the world."--Back cover.

Contents:

Khole / Andrew Nyongesa

A battle of flowers / Bonface Nyamweya

The puckered flesh / Alfred Nyamwange

My grandfather's old coin / Robert Rotich

When kumutoto dances / Muruli Muhande

The spirits of kinondo / Flex Okuku

A deferred routine / Joel Bichang'a

Death before noon / Kelvin Shachile

The oracle / Andrew Nyongesa

The rising from ashes / Alfred Nyamwange.

ISBN:

9789914760200

9914760201

OCLC:

1523891257