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...

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 ...

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 Universit...

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, ...

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...

On 7 October 2025, the Avid Readers Forum convened for a reading and discussion session on Ken Saro-Wiwa’s epistolary short story “Africa kills her sun.” The discussion was led by George Skem, a fourth-year law student at Kab...