Lily Mabura
Kenyan writer
Lily G. N. Mabura is a Kenyan writer known for her short story How Shall We Kill the Bishop, which was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2010 she earned a PhD in Engĺish from the University of Missouri, a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Idaho and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nairobi. She is an author and academic, having taught at the University of Missouri and at the American University of Sharjah.
Quotes
edit- Oma the ostrich takes us on an adventure across Samburu Land in Kenya to the famous River Ewaso Nyiro. She is on a mission to find water and be reunited with her seven sisters. During her long journey, Oma meets interesting animals.Using an interactive story-telling model, this book encourages young readers to read, think, write, and illustrate.Lily Mabura has been awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award, and the Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers Award. She was also shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing. Her children's books include Ali the Little Sultan, Saleh Kanta and the Cavaliers, and Seth the Silly Gorilla.
- For years, mighty old Sultan Bashir sat on the same bamboo seat in the porch worrying. He ate little, slept little and worried much till his beard grew very, very long and white. What would cause so much worry to a mighty Sultan? Well, it was the Little Sultan Ali, the Sultan's only child. Sultan Bashir wanted a tall, strong and brave son to succeed him. But poor Ali was no more than a metre tall. The Sultan prayed his son would grow taller or more fierce looking, but Little Ali just grew happier. When the time came for him to be trained for war, he learnt to play music and sing songs instead. But unknown to the worrying Sultan, his kingdom was about to be attacked by fierce Sultan Taabu and the only person who could save them was the Little Sultan
- remnant of the colonial legacy standing amongst stunted acacia trees and withered shrubs of solanum. The stunts of sparse grass surrounding the base were too brittle for cattle to graze on - too brittle even for camels.
- it is this military that provides the distraction from the sick dogs that would not stop howling, from the dry animal carcasses in the bush and watering holes caked with mud.
- Fr. Ahmed,was hard bent on forgetting cigarettes; Fr. Seif, in his determination to forget the woman he loved, intruded on everyone's quiet time because he could not stand his own; Fr. Dugo determined to forget that the bishop had tested him most before admission; and Dafala [the cook] determined to forget that the bishop was sick at all and carried on as usual.