Episode 15
Brown Atlantis Radio feat. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuo
Episode Date: 16 July 2023
Guest: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Listen to EpisodeIn this episode of Radio Brown Atlantis we speak to Yvonne Adhiambo about the thresholds between life and death and the sea. Of orange joy, and stories winding through lines of henna on women’s skin. We speak with trees and seas and mountains. We cook up the hot sponge of Kiswahili and its poetic cadences, and look to the elegant, wild, mischievous and naughty aura of Pate Island.
Kenya-born author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, is known for her well-received novels, Dust (2013) and Dragonfly Sea(2019) nd her novella, Weight of Whispers (2003). Her work explores memory, meaning, landscapes, waters, time, desire, amnesia and the Africa of the interstices. She refers to herself as a citizen of the Swahili Seas/Ziwa Kuu (aka, ‘Indian Ocean). She is a renowned essayist and keynote presenter who has also written articles for several well-known journals and magazines including National Geographic.
