Clara Momanyi is a Kenyan academic, creative writer, and translator who has been teaching Kiswahili literature in Kenyan universities for many years; she is currently based at Catholic University of Eastern Africa. Her creative works include novels such as Tumaini (Hope), Nakuruto, and Nguu za Jadi (Old summits). Some of her children’s books include Ushindi wa Nakate (Nakate’s Victory), which won the 2015 Text Book Centre Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature; Siku ya Wajinga (Fools’ day); and Pendo Katika Shari (Love in adversity).  She has also written several Kiswahili short stories, which have appeared in various Kiswahili short story anthologies.  Professor Momanyi has also published numerous academic papers in peer-reviewed journals in Africa, Asia, and Europe.