Yvonne Wabai

Yvonne Wabai is a Kenyan writer/editor and thinker. Her work explores themes of identity, resistance, and community. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and cultural narratives, she seeks to challenge oppressive structures by creating and nurturing spaces where marginalized and underrepresented voices can flourish. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Feminist Magazine, Haunted Words Press, Unstamatic Magazine, The Kalahari Review, and more. She is the Managing Editor at Isele Magazine.
A Long Talk: Justine Wanda, Meran Randa, and Glo Gakuru

For this A Long Talk, Justine Wanda, Meran Randa, and Glo Gakuru talk about art and literature as instruments of liberation. Yvonne: Hello, it’s wonderful to have all three of you here. Thank you for […]

November 23, 2025
A Long Talk: Ukamaka Olisakwe and Ololade Faniyi

For this A Long Talk, Ukamaka Olisakwe and Ololade Faniyi talk about reimagining African feminist thought in the digital age. Yvonne: Hello, Ukamaka and Ololade! It’s great to have you both here, and thank you […]

October 26, 2025
A Short Talk With Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu is a writer and queer liberation activist whose work is a luminous refusal of silence. His debut novel, And Then He Sang a Lullaby, dares to imagine queer love in a world […]

June 28, 2025
A Short Talk With Mumbi Kanyogo

Mumbi Kanyogo is a Kenyan writer and researcher whose work wrestles with the intimate geographies of care, resistance, solidarity, and reimagining. Whether writing about the contradictions of domestic labour, the hollow gestures of imperial apology, […]

May 26, 2025