Billy Kahora

Billy Kahora
Nadifa Mohamed in discussion with Kahora, Hargeisa International Book Fair 2019
Nationality	Kenyan
Occupation	Writer

Billy Kahora is a Kenyan writer and editor based in Nairobi. ^[1] He was commended by the 2007 Caine Prize judges for his story Treadmill Love. His stories "Urban Zoning" and "Gorilla's Apprentice" were shortlisted for the prize in 2012 and 2014, respectively. ^[2] He is the author of works including the non-fiction book The True Story of David Munyakei (2008), wrote the screenplay for Soul Boy (2010) and co-wrote Nairobi Half Life (2012). As Managing Editor of Kwani Trust, Kahora has edited seven issues of the Kwani? journal. He is a contributing editor to the Chimurenga Chronic .

Published works

• The True Story of David Munyakei: Goldenberg Whistleblower. African Books Collective. 2008. ISBN   978-9966-7008-9-6.
• Billy Kahora; Parselelo Kantai; Andia Kisia; Tony Adam Mochama; Valentine Njoroge (2014). Six and the City: 6 Short Plays on Nairobi. Native Intelligence. ISBN   978-9966-1553-8-2.
• The Cape Cod Bicycle War And Other Stories. Ohio University Press (USA), Huza Press (Rwanda). 2020.

As editor

• Let Us Conspire and Other Stories. Jahazi Press. 2024. p. 160. ISBN   9789914768886. (Contributors: Idza Luhumyo, Mumbi Macharia, Munira Hussein, Daniella Malinda, Buke Abduba, Kiprop Kimutai, Imou Eparis, Florence Onyango, Dennis Mugaa, Gladwell Pamba, Vera Kabushemeye, Ndegwa Nguru, Florence C Waita, Ndungu Njeru, Noella Moshi.)

Further reading

• Wa Gacheru, Margaretta (23 December 2013). "Why Billy Kahora is the right man to be steering Kenya's literary journal". Daily Nation . Kenya. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

References

1. "Meet The Team". Kwani Trust. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
2. "PREVIOUSLY SHORTLISTED WRITERS". caineprize.com. The Caine Prize for African Writing. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

External links

• Billy Kahora, "A fine intuition", Writers Mosaic.
• "Conversation/Kōrero: Robert Sullivan and Billy Kahora", Academy of New Zealand Literature, April and May 2017.