Silas Nyanchwani

Vendor Biography

Before Nairobi women baptized him with fire, Nyanchwani was a fine and happy lad, mostly enjoying his beer or shots of whiskey and sharing his unsolicited opinion on social media.  And then life happened.

He’s been on flames, firing memos to men, warning them against simping, imparting financial nuggets on the need to prepare for retirement, and most importantly, advising them never to wrestle in the streets to retain a woman who has made the street her home.  A distinguished alumnus of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he holds an MS in Journalism. Additionally, he has earned a BA in Literature and Communication from the University of Nairobi. He has worked with the Standard Group as a staff writer and has been published by other leading local dailies. Furthermore, his short fiction has been featured in The East African. These stories now form parts of his debut collection, Breakfast Breakup and Other Stories. His work has been published by the Millennium Post (New Delhi, India), and Destination magazine among other international platforms. His novel Sexorcised is a Kenyan bestseller. In addition, his collection of essays, Man About Town, serves as a compilation of literary reportage of the electrifying Nairobi nightlife. This volume is the second installment of the rising tower of  Memos To Men.  Building upon the success of the first volume, which made its debut in August 2021, this edition promises to provide an equally insightful exploration of contemporary masculinity.

Nyanchwani lives in Kitengela, the Dust Capital of Kenya, with his two dogs. He still claims that he is the tallest African writer and hopes that no South Sudanese reader stumbles upon this silly declaration.