Philo Ikonya is a Kenyan writer, journalist and human rights activist, who is presently Oslo City of Refuge's ICORN Guest Writer. She holds a masters degree in literature from the University of Nairobi, ad has been president of Kenyan PEN since 2008.
Ikonya has written articles for journals, web magazines and blogs, often commenting on the social and political situation in Kenya. She has also written poetry and novels, and her novel "Kenya, will you marry me", has been translared and published in several countries. She has worked as a lecturer of Spanish at Tangaza College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and as a a socio-political commentator in both radio and television. Philo Ikonya was threatened and harassed for her work and political activism, and can no longer work in Kenya.
In this program, at Stavanger Bibliotek, she shares thoughts on her favorite books, and talks about her own work.
