IHRAM Writer Mbizo Chirasha speaks to fast rising and talented Kenyan Poet Beatrice Mwenda
MC: Who is Beatrice Mwenda and What is she known of ?
Beatrice Mwenda: Beatrice Pebble Mwendwa is a human rights activist. A nature lover, an educationist, a poet and an author.
MC: When did you start your writing and creative journey?
Beatrice Mwenda: My creativity journey started in 2013. I was consistent in until 2021 May when I published my first Anthology in South Africa and Kenya.
MC: How has been the experience in this journeyor career?
Beatrice Mwenda: My experience in training children in writing is a total bliss. I enjoy watching elastic young minds accumulating insurmountable quantity and quality of knowledge. It feels heavenly to see a child graduate from writing a sentence, a paragraph to jolting down a whole page.
MC: Where are your works published?
Beatrice Mwenda: I have been published in around eight books globally. The current one's being grade 7 , 8 and 9 anthology in Kenya.
MC: Have you ever won an awards?
Beatrice Mwenda: Pebble is an accomplished young writer. I have taken part in writing competition locally and globally. Let me say I have had a fair share of special mentions in three different entiries. Looking forward to win and award in the current writing competition I'm taking part in this month.
MC: Do you do any human rights and creative justice work?
Beatrice Mwenda: I'm an active member of human rights organisation in Kenya and Ethiopia. My pen bleeds ink of justice. I Shun oppression, Corruption and violence of any form or kind. Right now trauma free society to help the society to break and heal from pangs of trauma and other psychological disfuctianality.
MC: How are Art and Activism received in Kenya?
Beatrice Mwenda: Art and activism is regarded highly in Kenya. In fact art informs of canvasses, meme's and caricatures are becoming a Morse Code among Gen Z's fighting the corrupt politicians.
MC: How many book fairs are there in your country , have you attended any?
Beatrice Mwenda: I only know of Nairobi book Fair that happens once in a year .
MC: Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
Beatrice Mwenda: In the next five years, I will be a force to reckon in advocating for human rights in war and politically torn countries. Additionally I will be a great Psychotherapist, with my own institution providing mental health services free of charge to my community.
Beatrice Pebble Mwendwa is a human rights activist. A nature lover, an educationist, a poet and an author. I refuse to call myself a poetess because it will confine me in gender stereotypes and biases. One of my outstanding ability is to passively weave together spectrum of themes, Creating a puzzle game that reflect the intricacies of human existence and experiences. My pen bleeds selectively on the silenced narratives of marginalized communities. My craftsmanship urges readers to face the uncomfortable truth that has been haunting us since the birth of neo-colonialism in Kenya. My pen is a beam of light in the contemporary writivism. It illuminate and explicitly Critique life holistically.
