Magigi wrote:redondo wrote:@Kusadikika
Bwana K, naona kuna mengi ya kuzungumzia kati yangu na wewe. Ni burudani kila mara kukutana na mmoja au wawili wanaopenda na kuvutiwa na utamu wa lugha. AAAAHHHHH----burudani kweli.
Ulishawahi kukisoma kitabu 'Nyota Ya Rehema',na kile cha Ken Walibora- 'Siku Njema'. Nafikiri Siku Njema siku hizi hutahiniwa katika shule.
PS----Ken Walibora aliweza kucheza na lugha akakuwacha wewe msomaji na utamu wa hadithi uliokolea kooni.Katika kimombo waweza kusema 'he squeezed the juice out of simple Swahili while dotting it here and there with proverbs that made the otherwise everyday story turn into a captivating tale of a young man's journey through life.'
About Barbara...what I remember most is Rukia applying vaseline on his moustache, Itchy fingers, Moses and the day they tried to brew beer in the Institute of East Africa's Gentlemen
...made for a serious laugh.And how could I have forgotten King Kong--was he the watchman?Remind me Bwana.
On John Kariamiti a.k.a John Baptista Wanjohi...http://www.eastafricanpublishers.com/News/Author%20of%20week-John%20Kiriamiti.htm
....EAEP seem to have gone digital in a partnership with Google docs and Uchuuzi.
Among the many african writers I have read, meja mwangi alinibamba mbaya mbovu na riwaya yake ya "Going down river road" I remember when I read the novel I had a complete hard on throughout the whole time I had intercourse with it. And mind you pussy was so scarce those days you could look for it for months without finding any...what a writer.
Have you ever held a book and got mad at someone interrupting your reading? Never mind that they were calling you for loaf(in primo) or fish(in campus)?
An Uncle back in shags gave me Kiriamiti's My life in Crime and Meja Mwangi's Kill me quick. He still remains my favorite Uncle to date. Kwanza you've reminded me sijamnunulia kanywaji this year.
As @Willin2learn put it, it also came in progression. From Hardy boys/Nancy Drews, James Hardley Chase, Sidney Sheldon, Pacesetters in primo, to Archer, Grisham, Forsyth, Robin Cook later on. Mailu spoilt my head(both). I thank God I'm yet to come across Mang'ua.
Age has brought with it self-help-books and blogs. But the recent Chimamanda's books I've read, have kept me captivated till the very end.