# Wanjiru Koinange

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OBF2023: Based on Truth

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Craig Higginson, Wanjiru Koinange and David Ralph Viviers speak to Christy Weyer about blending research and fiction and blurring boundaries between past and present. This event was made p…

Live! The Havoc of Choice with Wanjiru Koinange: Part 2

Would you choose to leave your home and your family if it meant preserving your self-worth? Is choice a commodity of the privileged?Has Kenya mourned together well? Has Kenya healed? We didn't ask any easy questions as the wonderful women from my book club help me interview brilliant author Wanjiru…

Live! The Havoc of Choice with Wanjiru Koinange: Part 1

Would you choose to leave your home and your family if it meant preserving your self-worth? Is choice a commodity of the privileged?Has Kenya mourned together well? Has Kenya healed? We didn't ask any easy questions as the wonderful women from my book club help me interview brilliant author Wanjiru…

Episode 7: The Havoc of Choice with Wanjiru Koinange

In this episode, I had the most exhilarating conversation with Kenyan author, Wanjiru Koinange on her debut novel, The Havoc of Choice, preparing for a Beyoncé concert and tips for writing historical fiction. Follow Wanjiru Koinange on Instagram.

Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka

Nairobi-based nonprofit Book Bunk, the brainchild of Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka, restores existing public libraries and installs new libraries in public spaces. Its flagship project in the Kenyan capital is the McMillan Memorial Library, which opened in 1931 but it was segregated only for …

7. Havoc Of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING. This book & episode deals with death, rape & the violence that was perpertrated during the Post Election Violence that took place in Kenya after the 2007 General Elections. I am joined today by my  co-host, Lilly as we talk about this book that has evocked a deep s…

Sn 2 Ep 7: Restoring Memory - Building Futures ft Wanjiru Koinange

What do we lose when we lose a library? In this moving episode of the Power Panel Podcast, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo sits down with author and cultural restoration advocate Wanjiru Koinange. From co-founding Book Bunk Trust to breathing new life into Nairobi’s public libraries, Wanjiru shares how…

Sn 2 Ep:7 Bonus Episode: The Havoc of Choice

In this haunting and unforgettable Power Panel Bookshelf special, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo sits down with author and cultural curator Wanjiru Koinange to unpack her groundbreaking novel The Havoc of Choice, a fictional story rooted in the very real trauma of Kenya’s 2007 post-election violence. …

Live from NBO Litfest, feat. Keith Ang'ana

In this special live episode of A Palace for the People, Wanjiru Koinange and Angela Wachuka sit down with writer, editor, and cultural organizer Keith Ang'ana to unpack the past, present, and future of protest in Kenya.

Brattlecast #224 - The Kenyan Library

Today we’re talking about Ken’s recent visit to the McMillan Memorial Library in Nairobi, Kenya. The McMillan’s ongoing restoration is the subject of a recent documentary, How to Build a Library, which explores the space’s troubled colonial past and its rebirth as a vibrant, inclusive cultural hub …