Cover Reveal: 'We, the Scarred' by Mukoma wa Ngugi

On Saturday, Zukiswa Wanner of Pavaipo Publishers revealed the cover for the latest novel by Mukoma wa Ngugi, ‘We, the Scarred’.

I was fortunate to work on this title, and even more so, to design a cover from the exquisite pen and ink drawing created by Shubnum Khan.

From James Murua:

“The cover for Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s novel We, The Scarred, formerly known as Mrs Shaw, has today been revealed by its publisher Paivapo Publishers.

Author, poet and academic Mukoma Wa Ngugi came into the African literary scene with the two novels Nairobi Heat and its sequel Killing Sahara (Black Star Nairobi). The two are crime fiction offerings featuring an African American police Detective Ishmael Fofona and Kenyan law enforcement badass David Odhiambo. You can read our reviews of Nairobi Heat and Killing Sahara (Black Star Nairobi). The writer has written many other things including the poetry collection Logotherapy (2016) and the nonfiction The Rise of African Novel (2018).”