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Writer
Moraa Gitaa
Famoose for
Writing Kenyan fiction about people at society’s margins.
Crucible for Silver and Furnace for Gold · The Shark Attack
- Born
- Unknown
- Birthplace
- Mombasa
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Moraa Gitaa
Moraa Gitaa is a Kenyan novelist and young-adult author whose work engages with vulnerability, inequality and conflict.
Early life
Mombasa
Born on Kenya’s coast.
Career
- 2008
Adult debut
Published Crucible for Silver and Furnace for Gold.
- 2012
Second novel
Released Shifting Sands.
- 2010s
Young readers
Expanded into young-adult fiction.
Selected work
Crucible for Silver and Furnace for Gold
Explores relationships and life with HIV.
The Shark Attack
A young-adult novel.
The Kigango Oracle
A later book for young readers.
Beyond work
Wider work
Also researches peace and conflict and works in arts and cultural advocacy.
Sources & photo credit
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