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Alexander

Nderitu

Author, Editor, Arts Promoter

'THE AFRICAN SHAKESPEARE'

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Alexander Nderitu is a novelist, poet, playwright and critic.

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A lexander Nderitu is a Kenyan writer, poet, playwright and critic. He is the Deputy Secretary-General of PEN Kenya Centre and a Regional Managing Editor for the global news portal TheTheatreTimes.com. His 2001 e-novel, When the Whirlwind Passes, was Africa’s first purely digital novel. He has since published four more books: The Moon is Made of Green Cheese (poetry); Kiss, Commander, Promise (short stories); Africa on my Mind (YA novel) and The Talking of Trees (stage play). In 2017, Business Daily newspaper named him one of Kenya’s ‘Top 40 Under 40 Men’. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Collins Elesiro Literature Prize..

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A lexander Nderitu, a Business Daily 'Top 40 Under 40' personality, is one of the most translated writers in the Commonwealth region.

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New Books And Stage Plays

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The Talking of Trees

$9.00
single book and cd
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When the Whirlwind Passes

$10.00
single book and cd
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Kiss, Commander, Promise

$10.00
single book and cd
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The Moon is Made of Green Cheese

$8.00

My Blog

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Is the Caine Prize Overrated?

On July4, 2021

One of the stand-out events at the festival was a discussion dubbed ‘Kenyan Literature – From the Past to the Present’....>

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The Prince of the Gutter Press

On April 10, 2021

I weaved my way through the viscous crowds, feeling like a character in Meja Mwangi’s Going Down River Road...>>

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Wangari Maathai Play Turned Into Book

On August 14, 2021

THE TALKING OF TREES is a stage play about the life, death and legacy of Prof. Wangari Maathai. ...>

What People Are Saying

‘That great Kenyan novel will eventually come. Perhaps, it will even emerge online, like the novels of Alexander Nderitu.’

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Joyce Nyairo, cultural analyst,

Daily Nation

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'Mr Nderitu is an all round writer who straddles the genres like a colossus. At this rate, he is destined to be one of the greatest authors to emerge from the African continent.'

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Jacob Oketch

Nairobi Business Monthly