Chinua Achebe’s The Voter is less about a single election and more about exposing the structural weaknesses that often shape democratic practice in African societies. The story provides a sharp lens through which one can examine whether democr...

The Avid Readers Forum held its inaugural session this year on 3 February 2026.  This session was moderated by Ms Victoria Okeke, the student coordinator and the lead reader. The selected text for the session was Chinua Achebe’s The Voter...

The first Agora session for the year was ushered in in spectacular fashion. Chinua Achebe’s prowess to provoke thought was felt throughout the session. There was no shortage of themes to reflect the position of our character in the political f...

Mnamo Jumanne, tarehe 11 Novemba 2025, Avid Readers Forum ilifanya kikao chake cha mwisho kwa muhula wa masomo, ambapo wanajumuiya walijadili hadithi fupi “Nizikeni Papa Hapa” iliyoandikwa na Ken Walibora. Kikao hiki kiliongozwa na wasimamizi ...

Grace Ogot’s “Land without Thunder” is one of those rare stories that seem to reach deep into the reader’s soul and disturb something ancient, a quiet recognition of how life, death, faith, and tradition intertwine. When I finished rea...

On the 4th of November 2025, the Avid Readers’ Forum met for yet another spirited and intellectually stimulating discussion on Grace Ogot’s short story “Land without thunder.”  The lead reader for the day’s session was Billheart Braxton, ...

On 28th October, we read Minutes of glory, a short story by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. The session was led by Rebecca Muhindi, a fourth-year law student at Kabarak University. We began the session by a word of prayer, followed by a round of reading wh...

On 21 October 2025, the Avid Readers Forum convened a thought-provoking session on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s short story “A Meeting in the Dark.” The discussion was led by Narah Yegon, a second-year law student at Kabarak University School o...

Ah! The title. “A Meeting in the Dark”, sounds like a setup for secret rendezvous, a lover’s whispers, or maybe a horror movie, though, it’s far more than some romantic cliché. The “darkness” is not just a missing bulb. It is moral, spiritual,...

On 14 October 2025, the Avid Readers Forum convened for a reflective reading and discussion of Idza Luhumyo’s short story Five Years Next Sunday. The session was moderated by Asheen Chepkosgei and attended by law students and a faculty...