Kakamega Book Club

Egara Kabaji’s Mourning Glory is a stunning symphony of grief, memory, and spiritual resilience. With poetic brilliance, Kabaji crafts a tale that pulses with emotional intensity and cultural depth. The novel moves like a ritual—intimate, haunting, and redemptive. Characters are drawn with aching honesty, their sorrows echoing like ancestral songs. Kabaji’s language is both fire and balm—burning through silence, healing through story. Mourning Glory is not just read—it’s felt, deep in the bones. It awakens something ancient, something true. This is African storytelling at its boldest and most beautiful. A masterpiece that dares you to mourn—and rise.