Writing
Tell stories, or die trying
Writing
Tell stories,
or die trying.
Is Science Fiction Really Alien to Africa?
African writers are traumatized. They forever have to defend their work. If it’s not someone questioning why they are not tackling the problems of their societies, it’s someone wondering why …
Crime and Writers in South Africa
For the first time in my life, I met a female cab driver. Women had driven me before, in their personal cars, and in an organization that I worked for …
Can Science Fiction Inspire Technological Independence in Africa?
In September of 2014, during Storymoja Festival in Nairobi, I launched my first collection of speculative short stories, A Killing in the Sun, which features sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres. …
The History of Humankind in Johannesburg
The perk of being a hardworking writer, especially if you put out a good piece of work like A Killing in the Sun, is that you get to go on …
The Darkness Behind My Book
During the launch of my first collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun, one very irritating question kept coming up. What inspired you? It’s the brother of that …
Why I Started a Literary Magazine
Many say it’s madness to start a literary magazine. Such a venture, especially one that focuses on African literature, can’t make money because, they say, there is no market to …
Potraits from Kampala’s Literary Scenes
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The Liebster Blog Awards
Sometime towards the end of last year, Matt Ewens nominated my blog for the Liebster Blog Awards. Yay! It humbled me, for this guy, Matt, who I hardly know, but …
This Has Been a Good Year
At the beginning of the year, nothing was going right in my life, both career and personal. I was really broke, for one thing. As the year ends, still not …
Street entertainment from my childhood
I never knew how much we remember from childhood until I wrote this story, The Puppets of Maramudhu. One reviewer, when talking about it, said “Dilman’s story is unique, not …
Three Stories on Amazon
It’s been an exciting year for me, as a writer. I got shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and then longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa. I’ve heard …
Ghost tales on the road to Nairobi
When the year begun, I was broke. I had spent much of last year finishing The Felistas Fable, and had not earned much during that time. I felt low, for …