Nyachiro Lydia Kasese, the author of Paper Dolls. PHOTO I COURTESY
What you need to know:
“She had it for over two months (I imagine she took that long with it because she had to say a prayer for my soul before proceeding to the next page). And she placed it quietly on my pile of books in my room. I did not ask her if she actually read it, I did not ask her what she thought of it. I do not think I want to know the answers, I don’t think she wants to have that conversation (if she has read it),” she says.
