Born out of our Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili.
John Ndavula / Editor
John Ndavula’s latest book is Social Media and Political Campaigns in Kenya. His fiction has appeared in Blue Fifth Review and Kikwetu. He has also recently published children's stories and literary criticism books on fiction from East Africa and Europe. He teaches creative writing and mass communication in universities in Kenya, and earned his PhD in Mass Communication from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
Christine Mwai / Editor
Christine Mwai is a freelance writer of fiction and creative nonfiction works. Some of her literary work has been published by Africa Book Club, on the writivism Muwado site and is forthcoming in Kwani 09, among others. She also writes scripts and has written for six produced films as well as content for various websites. She is a graduate of United States International University in Nairobi.
Michael Don / Editor
Michael Don is the author of the story collection Partners and Strangers (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2019). His short fiction and essays have appeared in journals such as Fiction International, Washington Square Review, Southern Humanities Review, and World Literature Today. From 2013-2015 he lived in Nairobi, where he taught creative writing at St. Paul’s University and served as one of the creative writing mentors for the Storymoja Hay Festival Fellows Program.
Ruth Kenyah / Editor
Ruth Kenyah is a freelance researcher and writer of fiction and nonfiction works. She is a former fiction fellow of the Storymoja Hay Festival Fellows Program and holds degrees from University of Nairobi and Wilmington University. Her story, "Only Good Christian Girls Live Here," appeared in issue 1 of Kikwetu.
John Ndavula’s latest book is Social Media and Political Campaigns in Kenya. His fiction has appeared in Blue Fifth Review and Kikwetu. He has also recently published children's stories and literary criticism books on fiction from East Africa and Europe. He teaches creative writing and mass communication in universities in Kenya, and earned his PhD in Mass Communication from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
Christine Mwai / Editor
Christine Mwai is a freelance writer of fiction and creative nonfiction works. Some of her literary work has been published by Africa Book Club, on the writivism Muwado site and is forthcoming in Kwani 09, among others. She also writes scripts and has written for six produced films as well as content for various websites. She is a graduate of United States International University in Nairobi.
Michael Don / Editor
Michael Don is the author of the story collection Partners and Strangers (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2019). His short fiction and essays have appeared in journals such as Fiction International, Washington Square Review, Southern Humanities Review, and World Literature Today. From 2013-2015 he lived in Nairobi, where he taught creative writing at St. Paul’s University and served as one of the creative writing mentors for the Storymoja Hay Festival Fellows Program.
Ruth Kenyah / Editor
Ruth Kenyah is a freelance researcher and writer of fiction and nonfiction works. She is a former fiction fellow of the Storymoja Hay Festival Fellows Program and holds degrees from University of Nairobi and Wilmington University. Her story, "Only Good Christian Girls Live Here," appeared in issue 1 of Kikwetu.