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		<title>Peculiarly Kenyan Short Story Contest Shortlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I expect you must be anxious to see the final shortlist of the stories submitted for the Peculiar Kenyan Short Story Contest. And here it is. There will be no voting this time because Sunny Bindra, the Author of The Peculiar Kenyan will  decide on the winning story in the course of this week. However, your helpful and critical comments will no doubt be much appreciated by the writers of the short stories. <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/peculiarly-kenyan-short-story-contest-shortlist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4071&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Kenyan are You? A review of Peculiar Kenyan by Sunny Bindra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Storymoja Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ever you had doubts about the absurdity that is the Kenyan society, doubt no more. Sunny Bindra will murder them in wholesale and confirm to you beyond reasonable doubt that we are a peculiar lot. He even evidences our faddishness by explaining, for free, the top three peculiarities that we share as a nation &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/how-kenyan-are-you-a-review-of-peculiar-kenyan-by-sunny-bindra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4056&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Spy Yellow &#8211; Peculiarly Kenyan Short Story Callout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Storymoja Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City Council Askaris should walk around with a file containing their job description, the by-laws and a list of the fines to be paid for offences. Civilians should also carry the same file. Why? Because we are all strange people with brains shaped like an octopus. The brains scatter in the same different directions. If &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/i-spy-yellow-peculiarly-kenyan-short-story-callout/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4048&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Storymoja Blog Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, A very very late Happy New Year to you! We wish you all the best in accomplishing your writing dreams this year! Now many of you have been wondering why there has been a bit of silence on this space in 2012. no, we have not moved. Yes, we still intend to be &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/2012-storymoja-blog-schedule/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4044&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NSEMIA: 2063: Kenya @ 100 Short Story and Essay Contest</title>
		<link>http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/nsemia-2063-kenya-100-short-story-and-essay-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nsemia Inc. Publishers announces 2063: Kenya @ 100 Short Story and Essay Contest that will run in the months of December 2011 and January 2012. The contest intends to task writers’ imagination and thought to paint a picture of the country at 100 years of age. Nsemia: 2063 Predicting the future has its dangers, but &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/nsemia-2063-kenya-100-short-story-and-essay-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4040&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOB</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storymoja Africa is looking for a dynamic individual to join our team on some exciting new projects. The ideal person would have education training and have teaching experience in the public education sytem, particularly primary school. If you can balance your creativity and energy with attention to detail, you might be the one we are &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4038&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Put Your Lighters Up – Fabulous on the Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, the heat has been getting to me. Heat? I know, if you are reading from Nairobi, you are thinking, what in the world? It’s been cold and wet and the traffic jams and the KPLC project to turn the country into an early Christmas tree has not been helping things. Now you see it, &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/put-your-lighters-up-fabulous-on-the-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4033&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Emotion &#8211; Romance-on-the-Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Storymoja Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked around. The reasons Kenyan writers shy away from romance stories: Romance stories explore emotions. We are African; apparently someone decided that as Africans talking about emotions is a big no-no. *scratches head* <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/writing-emotion-romance-on-the-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4019&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Haiku, by Robert Spiess &#8211; Poetry-on-the-Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Storymoja Africa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” ― Kobayashi Issa Robert Spiess published his first haiku in 1949, his first of 10 books in 1966. He was the editor of &#8220;Modern Haiku&#8221; from 1978 until his death. &#8220;Spiess [held] to a steady level of excellence.&#8221; (&#8220;A Haiku Path,&#8221; published by The Haiku Society &#8230; <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/on-haiku-by-robert-spiess/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4013&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing &amp; Living &#8211; Fabulous on the Storymoja Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative gifts are not the kind you can turn off when it’s inconvenient. They are not a part of you. They are you. Once you are born a painter or a writer or a musician, it reflects in everything you do. You feel more; words have special kin with you when you are a writer, so their weight bears harder on you. <a href="http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/writing-living-fabulous-on-the-storymoja-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storymojaafrica.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5282314&amp;post=4001&amp;subd=storymojaafrica&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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