Idza Luhumyo, Author at African Arguments

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Idza Luhumyo

Idza Luhumyo was born in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1993. An advocate by training, her writing has previously been published by Popula, Jalada Africa, The Writivism Anthology, Baphash Literary & Arts Quarterly, MaThoko's Books, Gordon Square Review, Amsterdam’s ZAM Magazine, Short Story Day Africa, and The New Internationalist. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize, the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship, and the Gerald Kraak Award. She is working towards building a body of work that captures the Kenyan Coastal vernacular.

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By Idza Luhumyo
October 14, 2019
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How I fell in, out, and back in love with the leso

The East African wrapper is a source of pride, rich in meaning and history. But it is more complicated than that. The story of the leso ...

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