SemiScribbled Podcast

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 4 of Season 3 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

In this episode, I am falling into romance...get it? Lol. I talk about On Rotation: A Novel by Shirlene Obuobi. 2022 has been a rough year and I was looking for an escape from the usual tough, hard, challenging themes that this book delivered. It also goes with my own personal theme of the year on building community and working with a love ethic. The other themes: first-born African daughters who are raised to overachieve, discover themselves, freeing themselves from expectations are found within this book and were the perfect recipe for me. Also, what the avid romance readers and avid readers call spice was plenty! I recommend this read as we ease into the last quarter of this year. 

Our editing maestro is THE Tevin Sudi.

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Hello Everyone!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 3 of Season 3 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

This is my second episode with a Guest. In this episode, I am joined by Sarah of The Bookcast Club. Sarah and I take a deep dive into the Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. AOTS is one of my favourite books of all time. It is election season in Kenya when this episode goes out so the themes in this book are fitting to discuss right now. I really enjoyed discussing the characters in this book especially and how they impacted us differently. Sarah was an awesome guest and you'll definitely understand why this is an hour-long episode once you start to listen.

My episode on the Bookcast Club with Sarah. 

Our editing maestro is THE Tevin Sudi.

Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram (both @podcast_semi) I'd love to engage with you.

You can also send me an email: semiscribbledpod at gmail.com

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Hello Everyone! I'm back and I missed you.

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 2 of Season 3 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

In this comeback episode, I talk about Finding Me by Viola Davies, a memoir that I can get with. Authentic and so well written that I would definitely place it in my top 10 of 2022 and would easily revisit it. Viola is truly an artist of many talents. The journey of her life is so interesting and lets us into her personality and the choices we have seen her make publicly, which perhaps gives us a little more understanding. I also talk about The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. I struggled with TOBG and I do my best to articulate why. I need to DNF books and let y'all know about it. Finally, I speak about the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing Shortlist! I am beyond excited about this year's list. 

This episode, the Something To Note Section, includes a clip of the 2021 Chair of Judges, Goretti Kyomuhendo obtained from the 2021 AKO Caine Prize Award Ceremony.

Our editing maestro is THE Tevin Sudi.

Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram (both @podcast_semi) I'd love to engage with you.

You can also send me an email: semiscribbledpod at gmail.com

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Hello Everyone! 

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 1 of Season 3 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

This is the first episode of 2022 and my first episode with a Guest. In this episode, I am joined by Nyambura of 100onBooks. Nyambura and I discuss the first book that impacted them, the genre of books that they enjoy most, their contribution to the bookspace through 100onBooks, and we talk a great deal about The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw.

Our conversation meandered along various avenues and it was a pleasure to talk to Nyambura. I hope you will enjoy this conversation too.

Our editing maestro is THE Tevin Sudi.

Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram (both @podcast_semi) I'd love to engage with you.

You can also send me an email: semiscribbledpod at gmail.com

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 9 of Season 2 of The Semiscribbled Podcast. Our final episode of 2021.

This is our second Question and Answer Episode. I answered some of your questions about the podcast including: Will I have a guest on the podcast? How do I select what to read? How long does it take to edit an episode?

As a bonus, I have my TOP 10 READS OF 2021. What was your favourite read of this year? 

Thank you so much for being here for two seasons of this podcast! Looking forward to reading and sharing more in 2022.

Happy Holidays!

xoxo

Akinyi.

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Hello Everyone!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 8 of Season 2 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

In this episode, I talk about Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson.

This book was a pleasure to listen to. Truly. Caleb's prose is magical (his voice is soothing too). As a debut novel, I am looking forward to more of his writing. This was my first deviation from this podcast's dedication to African women or women of black descent and I am not mad at it (but I can't promise more of this straying!). The story is about young love, identity, and art. I enjoyed it thoroughly and I hope you will too. 

The Something to Note section is a commentary. 

-JRB - Johannesburg Review of Books fiction edition can be found here.

-Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor's article in National Geographic can be found here.

Our editing and sound maestro is THE Tevin Sudi.

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Hello Everyone!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 7 of Season 2 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

In this episode, I talk about All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks. 

This book gathered me. I want you to read this book. To open your horizons about what love is and how it manifests, what makes sense about love according to your social conditioning, and what love can be if you allow yourself to be open to the possibilities that it embodies. This book has often been described as being about romantic love but in my reading of this book, I found that love begins way before we find our romantic partners, and to be able to love those partners well we must embody love is in so many other facets of our lives. This book is a road map towards that. 

The Something to Note section is a commentary. A clip in that section is from the Booker Prize Ceremony here.

You can listen to and watch the live discussion of the Smart Brown Girl Book Club on All About Love here. 

Our editing and sound maestro is THE Tevin Sudi. 

Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram (both @podcast_semi) I'd love to engage with you.

You can also send me an email: semiscribbledpod at gmail.com

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Hello Everyone!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 6 of Season 2 of Semiscribbled Podcast.

In this episode, I talk about Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler.

I am enjoying my deep dive into the SciFi/fantasy genre and Octavia Butler does not disappoint as the next pitstop in this journey. This book is a gem and quite relevant for what we are facing today even though it was published 28 years ago! Octavia takes us through thoughts on climate change, economic collapse, and seeking new habitable environments. Let's get into it!  

There are two clips included in this review in my Something To Note section which is a commentary on news in the book world. The first clip was obtained from Global News "Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in Literature" which is available here. You can also read the tweet from Carey Baraka on Abdulrazak's writing on food. The Second clip was obtained from Netflix @Netflix Book Club with Uzo Aduba | Official Announcement Trailer" available here. More on Okwiri Oduor's forthcoming novel is also here. Finally, the long essay on Dambudzo Marechera is a must-read, enjoy!

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