Writing in ... Africa

       In the Sunday Nation Eddie Ombagi argues that War literature should stop thriving in Africa taking on, among others, Abdourahman A. Waberi's Transit.
       He notes:

As Nyanchwani wonders, why hasn't Meja Mwangi been studied in secondary schools ? Charles Mangua writes beautifully in excellent prose and dictum. Has his books been acknowledged as part of African literature ?

       (In case you're not familiar with Mangua, see also Julius Sigei's profile, with the depressing title: I could drink my royalties in one week, says Mangua (which is, regrettably, not an admission of world-class alcoholism or expensive tastes ...).)
       Ombagi does have a point -- though honestly, what I'd like to see is (much as I complain about his writing ...) a sub-Saharan African Chetan Bhagat (preferably one who writes a whole lot better than the One night @ the call centre author ...), for example.