I am a children's book writer, publisher, poet, storyteller, Human Rights campaigner, Animal Rights campaigner 2005 winner of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Animal Action Award,Photographer. Co-founder Writers Association of Kenya (WAK), Founder Network for the Defence of Indepedent Media in Africa (NDIMA) andAfrica Free Media Foundation (AFMF)
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Sam Mbure & Nobel Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka at the World Poetry Day - Santiago de Compostella 2001








Sam Mbure with Swedish writer May Larsson



AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS


International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
2005 Animal Action Award winner.

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Honoured with permanent display of own work in the 2750 year-old Peace Museum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for advocating peace.

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Won inclusion in contemporary Who's Who, 2002/2003 by the American Biographical Institute.

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Founder and current president of International PEN Kenya.

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Correspondent for 'Mwihoko' rural newspaper, 1993 to date

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East Africa Regional Advisor, Society of Children Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)

 

 

 

 

 




 

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