Philo Ikonya

Philo Ikonya ke mokwadi, mmegadikgang le molweladitshwanelo tsa batho go tswa kwa Kenya. Gantsi ditlhogo le dibuka tsa gagwe di bua ka boemo jwa gone jaanong jwa dipolotiki kwa Kenya. E ne e le tautona wa lekala la Kenya la PEN, mokgatlho wa boditšhabatšhaba wa bakwadi."Pen President and Member Assaulted By Police – PEN America". PEN America. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025. Morago ga go tshwarwa makgetlho a le mmalwa ka ntlha ya go nna molweladitshwanelo le go itewa thata ka 2009 fa a ne a le mo kgolegong ya mapodisi, o ne a tswa kwa Kenya a ya lejwa la sepolotiki.Barnes, Madeleine (1 August 2011). "Dark Secrets of Kenya: An Interview with Writer Philo Ikonya — Sampsonia Way Magazine". sampsoniaway.org. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.

 Botshelo jwa seporofešenale 
Mo godimo ga dikwalo tsa dijournal le dimagazine, Ikonya o gatisitse dibuka tsa poko le padi, Kenya, Will You Marry Me? Gape o ranotse buka ya poko ya mmoki wa Mo-China Jidi Majia ka puo ya Seswahili.Kuo, Lily (18 August 2016). "For the first time, Chinese poetry is being translated into Kiswahili". Quartz. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.

Ikonya o ne a tsena Yunibesithi ya Nairobi, kwa a neng a bona dithuto tsa masters ya padi gone. O rutile thuto ya semiotics kwa Kholetšheng ya Tangaza ya Yunibesithi ya Katoliki ya Aforika Botlhaba."Philo Ikonya". ICORN international cities of refuge network. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.

 Bolweladitshwanelo 
Fa a le kwa Kenya, Ikonya o ne a le matlhagatlhaga mo tirong ya ditshwanelo tsa batho le go lwantsha batho ka tsela e e senang tirisodikgoka mme o ne a tshwarwa makgetlho a le mabedi a a farologaneng ka 2007. Kwa boipelaetsong jwa 2008 kgatlhanong le tautona wa nako eo wa Kenya Mwai Kibaki, o ne a re, "Letsatsi le letsatsi go diragala sengwe se se bontshang fela go tlhoka maikutlo mo letlhakoreng la baeteledipele ka jalo go na le go sa kgotsofale ka kakaretso.""Kenya protests end Kibaki speech". BBC News. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025. Ka 2009, o ne a utlwa ka buka ya mmegadikgang wa Borithane Michela Wrong ya It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower,  e e leng teng lefatshe ka bophara mme e sa letlelelwe kwa Kenya. Ikonya le maloko a mangwe a Kenya PEN ba ne ba e bona mme ba di busetsa kwa Kenya gore di anamisiwe thata.

Ka Tlhakole a le lesome le boferabobedi 2009, Ikonya le ba bangwe ba babedi ba ne ba tshwarwa kwa ntle ga Palamente ya Kenya kwa boipelaetsong kgatlhanong le koketsego ya ditlhwatlhwa e e feteletseng. Fa a ne a le mo kgolegong ya mapodisi, o ne a itewa thata ke lepodise la monna. Moragonyana mo ngwageng oo, o ne a tswa kwa Kenya mme a ya kwa Toropong ya Boditšhabatšhaba wa Botshabelo kwa Oslo, kwa Norway. O ne a tswelela go nna le seabe mo PEN, go akaretsa le mo Komiting ya bone ya Bakwadi mo Kgolegelong."Beyond Bars – Philo Ikonya – English PEN". English PEN. 5 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 5 Phalane 2025.

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