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Clifton Gachagua

Born

Nairobi , Kenya

Genre

Poetry

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Kenyan poet, scriptwriter, and editor Clifton Gachagua was born and raised in Nairobi and earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical science at Maseno University.

In his poems, Gachagua engages themes of intimacy, betrayal, and shifting landscapes. His debut poetry collection, The Madman at Kilifi (2014), was chosen for the inaugural Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets by the African Poetry Book Fund & Series. In his foreword to the collection, poet Kwame Dawes stated, “Gachagua’s poems are urgently present; they emerge out of sources like the radio, newspaper, television, as well as street stories and rumours. They seek to chart a changing society and while the effort is largely impossible to accomplish, the gesture is importan ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 484 ratings · 93 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers by Ivor W. Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sarah Lotz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (Editor), Wole Soyinka (Preface), Shadreck Chikoti 3.56 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook boxed set by T.J. Dema, Clifton Gachagua, Tsitsi Jaji 4.43 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunspot Jungle (Sunspot Jungle, #1) by Bill Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author), Nettrice Gaskins (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madman at Kilifi (African Poetry Book) 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jalada 00: Sketch of a Bald Woman in the Semi-Nude and Other Stories (Jalada Anthology, #1) by Jalada Africa (Publisher), Anne Moraa (Editor), Kate Hampton (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jalada 01: Sext Me: Poems and Stories (Jalada Anthology, #2) by Jalada Africa (Publisher), Anne Moraa (Editor), Clifton Gachagua (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cartographer of Water really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World Science Fiction #2: Reloading the Future by Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stamatis Stamatopolous, K.A. Teryna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nairobi Grit by Tom Jalio (Goodreads Author), Clifton Gachagua, Clifford Oluoch 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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