A Commentary on the Novella, The Immigrant with A Difference by Ndaba Sibanda

Maina Wahome is a Kenyan-born linguist, educator, author, playwright, and poet. He wields a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. Arts) (English and Literature) from Laikipia University (Kenya) and is currently pursuing his Masters in Applied Linguistics at Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia. His publications in linguistics have been in Phonology, Syntax, Cognitive linguistics, and Natural Semantic Metalanguage. He has authored a play, ‘Trouble for Sale,’ three novels, ‘Trials and Tribulations,’ ‘The Double-Edged Princess,’ (published by Academy Press-California), and a writing academic book, ‘The Illuminator.’ His recent political novel, Crowned Butcher is yet to be published. He has also co-authored anthologies of poems: one with a Zimbabwean writer Ndaba Sibanda, ‘Of Poets, Passions, Places and Paradoxes- Thou Shall Not Judge,’ and another one with a Kenyan poetess and a Nigerian poet (Musings: Values, Virtues, And Vices of Africa and Beyond: An Anthology of African Poetry). Wahome has written an analysis of the Anthology of Poems, ‘Of The Saliva and The Tongue’. He has also written a critical analysis of the Short Stories, ‘The Smell of Betrayal: You Sting My Heart’ by a group of Southern African writers. His short stories have been published in writing magazines like The Queensdale Report, and the Intanga Hub in Harare, Zimbabwe. He has also attended book club sessions held by TV stations like the Heart and Soul Broadcasting Services -Zimbabwe. Wahome has been featured by newspapers like News Day Zimbabwe and Mt. Kenya Times, Kenya. He is a poetry trainer in the Global Writers Link, Kenya which aims at nurturing young authors in writing.