Billy Kahora

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 has written the non-fiction novella The True Story of David Munyakei the screenplay for Soul Boy and co-wrote Nairobi Half Life. As Managing Editor of Kwani Trust, Kahora has edited seven issues of the Kwani? journal. He is a contributing editor to the Chimurenga Chronic.

Billy Kahora
Nadifa Mohamed in discussion with Billy Kahora, Hargeisa International Book Fair 2019
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Published works
  • The True Story of David Munyakei: Goldenberg Whistleblower. African Books Collective. 2008. ISBN 978-9966-7008-9-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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References
  1. "Meet The Team". Kwani Trust. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. "PREVIOUSLY SHORTLISTED WRITERS". Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

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