He was one of Kenya’s most formidable but little-spoken-about writers.
And that romantic hour’s gone After another poet’s born Speak when there’s someone Where there’s none refrain — Khainga O’Okwemba.
This little poem above is one I wrote for Pheroze Nowrojee. It is published in my poetry anthology, Smiles in Pathos and Other Poems.
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Pheroze passed away on April 5, 2025 at US aged 84
