Born in 1986 in Kisii, Kenya, Kip Mokaya is a writer and community archivist focused on music and memory. He studied literature and communication at the University of Nairobi, worked as a features reporter in Eastlands, and later trained in audio preservation with a cultural NGO in Nairobi. Since 2015 he has lived between Nairobi and Minneapolis, organizing listening sessions for the Kenyan diaspora and recording oral histories in Ekegusii. His essays have appeared in regional newspapers and independent journals. When not interviewing elders or digitizing cassettes, he teaches creative nonfiction workshops and tends a balcony garden of sukuma wiki and rosemary.
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