Bwandungi Writes

Imagination

About 2 years ago, I heard of a project that was being started by sci-fi writer, Neal Gaiman. The idea was to have conversations that would inspire sci-fi writers to write less dystopian novels and focus on imagining the kind of World we would like to live in. A book was released, a continuing conversation…

13 turning 30

A few years ago I wrote a story. I love this story, but I’ve turned into those crazy moms you hear about in the horrifying section of the newspaper. You know those titles, Woman releases 24 year old daughter after 20 years in basement. Yep, that’s me! My poor story is locked up on my…

Rewriting

Today I’m doing some rewriting, so I have to bend my head down and concentrate. But wanted to think aloud for a minute. I’m passionate about speculative fiction. I want to know about things I could not have imagined on my own, ways of living that are beyond what it is we do now and…

Dying slowly

Fall in Canada.

Something Old for Something New

For Your Love I see you, Dark Chocolate Swinging your hips to the throom throom of this foreign music Your skirt so short, my imagination is unnecessary Your titties jiggling in your dress like the many eyes trying to keep up with them. Know that I love you, no matter what That the tears of…

New Followers!

I’m so psyched that you are here! Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I hope you love your stay here and will often!!

Resentment Overflowing

One overriding thought has been plaguing me this week, I’m resentful and I know exactly who to lay the blame on, the proponents of beauty Olympics. From birth one thing is made absolutely clear, the top currency anyone can have is beauty. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman, no achievement can…

African Literature: News, Reviews, Author Interviews

For a while now I’ve been searching for one place online where I could go to to find news and reviews on African literature. It is slim pickings out there folks, but not because African people are not writing (never let such blasphemous words escape your lips!!!). One consolidated place where you can reach out…

For whom?

I’ve been thinking about women like myself. Women of African descent. A number of things have occurred to me about our “plight” and I think I have narrowed it down to a few statements. 1- Whatever and wherever we are depicted, we must be the lusty cunning seductress, compelled to reveal our plump breasts for…

Weighing in at 10,000 pounds in 66.67 easy payments. (How western prizes rule African Literature)

Much has been said over the past few weeks about Binyavanga’s rant over the Caine Prize. It is difficult to unpack. 1. Most of the World did not know Binyavanga till he won the Caine Prize. 2. That is the material point. The question is not why the prize should still stand, of course it…