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Frank Njugi

Frank Njugi is a writer, poet, and journalist from Naivasha, Kenya.

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A few pieces I return to.

Crayfish shells at the edge of a lake

Nonfiction · Off Assignment · 2026Goodbye to the Land of Red Crayfish“As a child, I was a collector of ghosts, and not the kind that wail in the dark, but the kind that lie still and hollow in the sun. My mission on hot, dust-licked afternoons was to find the hard, reddish-brown exoskeletons of crayfish.”Read the piece

2026FictionBongo Fleva: A Love StoryOlongo Africa 2023Poetry2 PoemsAkéwì Magazine 2022PoetryPortrait of an Atlas LionWriters Space Africa 2022Conversations & ShotsNew Poet: Frank Njugi20.35 Africa