A photo of the accident scene involving veteran journalist and author Professor Ken Walibora has emerged
News reaching Mpasho is that the former NTV Swahili news anchor was on Good Friday involved in a freak road accident.
A tweep posted the photo of the accident scene.
Walibora is famed for his popular Swahili novel Siku Njema published in 1996.
It's success saw Walibora become an instant household name in Swahili fiction.
Written in the first person, the book deals with the life of a young man, Msanifu Kombo who is born in Tanga, Tanzania and who faces family hardships with his single mother, who is a talented singer of taarab.
Being a child born out of wedlock does not make life easier for him as he is chided by his schoolmates in a culture that frowns upon illegitimate children.
Early March, Walibora announced the new translation of the novel in English with the name This Day.
The novel was translated by Dorothy Kweyu and Fortunatus F. Kawegere.
Taking to his social media Walibora stated;
“Hapa nawatangazia kwa heshima zote kutolewa kwa tafsiri ya Kiingereza ya Siku Njema! Natumai mtaifurahia kazi ya watafsiri waliojaribu kuhawilisha mawazo yangu ya kibunifu kutoka kwa Kiswahili hadi kwa Kiingereza.
Kwa watafiti na wakereketwa wa taaluma ya tarjumi, kazi kwenu. Aidha kazi kwenu wapendao kuogelea katika bahari ya Kiingereza.”
We wish Walibora a quick recovery.
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