History and Violence in Contemporary Kenyan Fiction: Standpoints on Yvonne Owuor’s Writings

This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor’s writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as Dragonfly Sea and her short story ＂Weight of Whispers＂.

It was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.

Godwin Siundu is Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi’s Department of Literature, and Co-founding Editor of the journal of Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies. He researches mainly in literatures and cultures of South Asian diasporas, and has published articles in Research in African Literatures, PMLA, Journal of African Cultural Studies, and South Asian Diaspora, among other journals and edited books.