Rudo D Manyere, is the debut author of 3:15 am and other stories, an aspiring screenwriter and reviewer of African literature on her youtube page "what's Rudo Reading?' Her writing has graced some popular magazines like 263 Africa Magazine and Afrobloggers. Rudo took the time to sit with us on the creative lounge and talk about the inspiration behind her first book; The research and editing process to the final product. Tune in ! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

'My first memory of writing dates back to when I was 7 years old...' is the opening to Momanyi's preface in his debut anthology A Stranger; Symbols of Transformation. This is a collection of life, discovery, growth and of the art of storytelling brought to us by a young Kenyan author with big dreams and the potential for much literary success to come. Listen to him as we chat about his debut book, writing and the future on this episode of the Short and Sweet series; Storyzfromyhair podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer poet and rapper, based in Kampala Uganda. He was longlisted for the Babishai Niwe Poetry award in 2015 and has had his poetry and comics published in well known publications like Carte Blanche, Skin Deep and Best Canadian Poetry among others.  He is an extraordinary young man that has wrestled with two strokes, loss of a father at a young age but has continued to pursue his passion ;to be an author. Dear Philomena is Mugabi at his most vulnerable. This amazing work has helped others heal through their own pain as Mugabi literally wrestles with his ..read more

A Broken People's Playlist is a short story Anthology by Chimeka Garricks, a writer and lawyer with a distinctly engaging writing style. We talked about his writing experience, especially with the anthology and his upcoming works. Listen to the interview on Storyzfromyhair podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

Season 4’s series dubbed Short and Sweet as the Creative Lounge hosts writers that have penned short story anthologies. I caught up with Toni Kan , a born writer who has penned more than twenty books, a PR specialist and an editor as well. Listen to him speak about writing generally and his love for words! Welcome to season 4   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

Season 3's final episode of First of Firsts, takes us to Nigeria, where the Creative Lounge is graced with the presence of Damilare Kuku, an actress (have you watched Volcano, Dysfunction and 5:55?) and debut writer of Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad. A short story anthology that navigates the dating world in Lagos. The stories are poignant, sensual, heartbreaking, oh so raw and captivating. Tune in as we look at her inspiration, mentorship and who Damilare is behind her bold first book.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

This is season 3’s special edition of the Storyzfromyhair Podcast. Special because I (the host of the podcast) have a book launch party on the 24th of April. In anticipation of the D-DAY, I took the time to chat with my Advanced Review Copy Readers About the book. Dorothie Ayebazibwe, Rachel Kizza, Dave Ndyanabo and Troy Durman sit me down for a heart to heart on writing generally and The World Is Ours.  It's always interesting for me to be on the side of the interviewee and I have had a marvellous time exploring what it means to pen this huge novel that spans three decades and is set in ..read more

Charlotte Makala is young enterprising creativity who released her debut poetry collection, 'the Color of Promise in 2017, a collection of poetry that's both intimate and inspiring; poems of life as a wholesome journey of becoming through observation and experience. Charlotte, who is also an actress and scriptwriter, sits with us in the Creative lounge to speak about her book and her love for poetry. Tune in for more!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lucie-chihandae/support ..read more

In this last episode of season 3 , First of Firsts... Dr Zoe Nakuya, debut author and ... Yes! Medical doctor, occupied The creative lounge to speak about her book launched late last year, Choose to Live Happily Even After. It's a book loaded with experience, life lessons and insightful solutions to unsolved social issues surrounding single parenthood and divorce in a society that is still so conservative regarding those issues.  Having experienced these realities, interfaced with those going through the same and of course, therapy, Zoe has taken the initiative of telling her story hoping ..read more

In this fourth episode of the season of Firsts, I am glad to present Lola Shoneyin, poet, publisher and author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's wives. Although Lola is no newcomer to the literary world what with her works of poetry that have given her repute, her first novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives has been a debut that has taken a life of its own since its release in 2010, being adapted into several languages, a play, graphic novel and soon a Netflix Series. Storyzfromyhair podcast took a moment to chat with the simile queen to talk about her process in working on this debut ..read more