Njeri Wangari is an acclaimed Kenyan poet and writer with a multi-faceted career spanning over 15 years as a spoken word artist, journalist and communications specialist.
Njeri’s first poetry collection- Mine and Mind Fields; My Spoken Words published in 2010 is a 114 paged collection which contains over 40 poems that explore themes on; Urban Blues, Love, Identity, Traditions, Cultural changes, Exploitation and Politics written in English, Kiswahili and her native language Gĩkũyũ.
In 2022, her poetry was published in the Across Borders – An anthology of new poems from the commonwealth.
Njeri’s poems have been published in Badilisha Poetry, The East African, Kwani!, Msafiri & Down River Road magazines. She has performed at various regional and international events including the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival, Kwani & Story Moja Festivals, Global Voices Summit, Tedx Nairobi & at the Still Water middle school in Minnesota.
Njeri’s 2nd poetry collection, Arrested Tongues is due in 2023
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