by African Comb Books | Sep 16, 2023 | News, The Arts
By David Maillu Published September 16, 2023 More than a month ago when I delivered a public lecture on Witchcraft at Mathemboni, my countryside home, I met a self-made herbalist young man who had studied Botany and specialized in Ethnobotany. He was attracted to have...
by African Comb Books | Sep 12, 2023 | News, The Arts
By David Maillu Published September 12, 2023 In the Akamba traditional marriage, for the survival of the family, the survival of the family depended on the boy child. It was a matter of worry if the family had got no boy children. Having only one boy was perceived as...
by African Comb Books | Jun 18, 2023 | News
By David Maillu Published June 18, 2023 When you have an idea you want to share with people creatively, you find ways of sharing that idea. Any idea is a living body or form which can be exploited. The body of that idea can have many sides, some which can be...
by African Comb Books | Jun 11, 2023 | News
Why do you think people will read your novel? Successful creative writing is based on how much you know about the subject you want to write about. If you are a young person, any attempt for you to write an advisory or educative book about elderly people will lead you...
by African Comb Books | May 29, 2023 | News
By David Maillu Published May 29, 2023 Some years back when Nelson Mandela was alive, I was complaining about the pace of the Blackman’s development when one Canadian Mr Miller stopped me and said, “The Blackman had been verified.” When I asked how, he narrated, “Tell...
by African Comb Books | May 18, 2023 | News
By David Maillu Published May 18, 2023 About five years ago I had the most memorable nightmare. I was sleeping when I dreamt of seeing a desert storm coming out of nowhere to swallow Nairobi. Desert storm is that dense dust storm which comes to cover everything. I...
