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...
by African Comb Books | May 14, 2023 | News
By Kulture Queen Published May 14, 2023 Something Torn and New: African Renaissance by Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a four-chapter book addresses the process the European colonizer used to ensure that colonization was a success and that neo-colonization in conjunction with...