Richard Oduor Oduku

Richard Oduor Oduku is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief at Sisi Afrika Magazine. He is also a Founding Member of Jalada Africa Trust – a Pan-African collective.

He has been published widely in spaces within and outside the continent. He has been published by Jalada Africa, Saraba Africa, Panorama – The Journal of Intelligent Travel, This is Africa (TIA), Brittle Paper, and The Elephant, and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, among others.

He was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards (2015), the Brunel International African Poetry Prize (2017), Brittle Paper Award for Essays/Think Pieces (2017) and Brittle Paper Anniversary Award (2018), for the Nonfiction piece “An African in London and Other Reflections on African Literatures’.

Art & Culture Book Reviews & Literary Criticism

African Writers React to Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature Win

"Not that I care much for the obsession with these prizes, I am fascinated by the choice of Gurnah over Ngugi for the Nobel Prize in literature. Gurnah is accomplished but obscure, I can bet my money that very few have heard of him or even read him in Africa," says Ikhide R. Ikheloa.

Art & Culture Book Reviews & Literary Criticism

A Writer of Loneliness, Exile, and Fluidities of our Humanities: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Celebrates Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Nobel Prize Award

Encountering Gurnah for the first time is like stumbling into an incredible landscape, the first impact of which cannot be repeated.

Amplify Startups Technology & Innovation

Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Public Bike-Share Transport System

The City of Kigali has partnered with Guraride — Africa’s first public bike-share system in Kigali Rwanda ¬— as part of a campaign to promote non-motorized transport, as a resource-efficient, environmentally-friendly, healthy and safe alternative for the people of Rwanda.

Art & Culture Music & Film

Khaligraph Jones Unveils OdiNare Rap Challenge

The online rap challenge hopes to uplift talented rappers, to make Kenyan Hip Hop Great Again.

Climate Change & Global Warming LONGREADS

River Nyando Floods and Chinese Wars Over the Koru-Soin Dam Project

As the two Chinese firms fight over the Koru-Soin dam tender, taxpayers are suffering: their houses submerged, property destroyed, agricultural produce washed away, schools closed, learning disrupted, and thousands of households displaced, surviving under the mercy of emergency relief.

Human Rights & Freedoms Politics & Economy

David Ndii’s Amnesty For Past Corruption Cases in Kenya is a Bad Idea

Amnesties for corruption will fuel impunity and undermine the rule of law. It is a bad idea and should be met with utmost resistance.

Diseases & Conditions Science & Health

The Double Mutant COVID-19 Variant from India Detected in Africa

Even though COVID-19 infections and fatalities remain comparatively low, African governments have struggled over the past year to expand healthcare capacity and meet vaccination targets. The continent has a fragile health ecosystem and cannot cope with the virulence of the double mutant currently devastating India.