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Njeri WangariNjeri Wangari is a multi talented Kenyan poet, performer, blogger and literary activist whose first collection of poetry  Mines & Mind Fields; My Spoken Words was published in 2010

The 114 paged book contains poems that explore themes on Urban Blues, Love, Identity, Traditions, Cultural changes, Exploitation and Politics among others written in English, Kiswahili, Sheng and in her mother tongue – Gĩkũyũ.

Her blog Kenyanpoet.com which she started in 2005 highlights all forms of visual and performing arts.

Njeri is the organizer of  POWO events (Poets and Writers Online), a forum that has contributed  to the promotion of Kenyan Poetry by encouraging up and coming poets and writers to start blogs and use other online platforms either as a tool for their writing or for promotion of their work.

She performs regularly at local and international events.

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