Abstract: | This special issue on creative writing contains fiction, poetry and two articles. Fiction a.o.: A. Ndumbu - A necessary crime. B.P. Chahihu - A day with the Mahiukilis. S. Mbure - Wakarura. P. Nazareth - The headmaster. W. Mativo - Our true speaker. J. Kimura - The girl in the green cardigan. Poetry a.o.: J. Kariuki - Four poems. A. Mazrui - Delay reaction. Ph. Ochieng - The many mines. A. Kassam - A Rikuyu christmas. J. Ruganda - Two poems. J. Okello-Oculi - Two poems. S. Kihohia - There had always been. E. Standa - Change cousin. J. Ssemuwanga - The fading past. E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo - Africa reborn. Th. Mwangi - Two poems. J. Kariara - The distance. Articles: B. Hughes - Filling the literary vacuum. M. Mazrui - Religion in African fiction. |