Writing
Tell stories, or die trying
Writing
Tell stories,
or die trying.
Silly ramblings about a writer’s weird habits
Is it just me, or do all writers have weird habits? An I the only one who sits on a chair that’s tattered? Am I the only one who writes while stark naked, though this chair is hurting my butt? Hmmm is me rambling about my writing habits because I’m procrastinating and trying to avoid doing actual writing.
interview for The Terminal Move
This is a story about the migrations of African people, way back in time before the nations and tribes, as we know them today, came into existence. A long time ago when man and nature lived as one, when the heroes of folk tales still walked the earth as ordinary mortals. I particular looked into the legend of Gipir and Labong, which narrates how the Luo people started migrating, I think from somewhere in or near present day South Sudan/Central African Republic, down into East Africa.
This year starts with big good news for my writing
A behind-the-scenes look at the stories in the book, a short story collection, Where Rivers Go To DIe, nominated for PKD Awards and longlisted for BSFA Awards.
The Pains of Forgetting Faces
As an artist, I’m always invited to events, but I struggle with remembering faces of those that I meet.
Sad Love Poem “Glass of Dreams”
a bit on the background When I set out to make video poems, I had a bunch of idle video clips that I didn’t know what to do with, like …
Sad Love Poetry “Strange Shore”
Strange Shore is the second video I’m making in the Sad Love Poetry series, which is themed on unreturned love, and is available on my dilstories TV on youtube.
Self Trap
This visual poetry is available on my youtube channel, dilstories TV. I’ve been writing poetry for a long time, as long as I’ve been writing, but never found courage to share publicly for they come from deep inside. Sometimes so deep inside that I feel naked when they are out in the open.
The trouble with Afrofuturism
Earlier this month, I was in Amsterdam to attend Other Futures, the first festival of non-western science fiction, a great event that featured some of the best content creators of …
Portraits of Writers: IWP 2017
Just a few days ago, I returned home after three months in a writing residency in University of Iowa, USA, where I enjoyed the company of writers from thirty three …
I Was Arrested for Abandoning a Baby
I did not want to talk about it, but this lady at OleeBranch went public about it, and so I have to continue the conversation, to tell you what her …
9 People of Colour Scifi and Fantasy Books I Enjoyed in 2015
2015 was such a busy year for me. I started it with producing a TV series, which got me deep in debts, but which finally paid off :-)), and I …
Hats Galore at Ake Festival 2015
I love hats, though I hardly ever wear one, and at the recent Ake Book and Arts Festival, it seems like everyone had a hat on, so my camera got …