Writer / journalistEmail verified
Amani Mwende
Poet and teacher
- 🇰🇪 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Liberty Review
- 1994 to 2011
- English, Swahili
I'm a writer in Nairobi. Children's books is my first love and food writing is my second.
I write best early in the morning with a pot of tea. I fix old bicycles.
Hearing from old faces is the best part of my week.
More about Amani
Some of my pieces still make me wince. Some, I'm proud of.
What gifts mean to Amani: Any gift will help me print a small run of my next book.
Messages of thanks
Did Amani make a difference to you? Tell them. Messages are free.
Sign in or join free to leave a message.
- Bruno Rocco PellegrinoReader / listener🇮🇹
I read your column every Sunday Greetings from Padua.
- Brooklyn LucasFriend🇬🇧
Thank you for putting words to things I couldn't. Greetings from Liverpool.
- Miguel Armando MaldonadoReader / listenerID verified🇺🇸
your piece on children's books stayed with me for weeks! Thank you again.
- Andile W. FourieFriend🇿🇦
I read your column every Sunday. Greetings from Soweto.
- Jun M. GonzalesReader / listener🇵ðŸ‡
Your piece on children's books stayed with me for weeks. Greetings from Manila.
No gifts yet
A small gift is a big thank-you.