Brenda seeks to understand, and perhaps better, the Kenyan condition through her writing. She believes in asking the hard questions. When she is not busy writing, she dabbles as a digital strategist and businesswoman. She is a full-time adventurer and change agent.

Dr. Wandia M. Njoya is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Language and Performing Arts at Daystar University in Kenya. Her teaching and research interests cover gender, culture and politics of Africa and African diasporas, particularly as they are reflected in literature and film. The central theme in all her work is interrogation of what it means to be human – with its gendered, racial and geographical dimensions – in today’s world. As Head of Department, Dr. Wandia have implemented innovations in the curriculum and teaching of literature, language and music, including the setting up of Creatives Academy, a workshop class that was described as “one of the most innovative things to come out of Kenya in recent times.” Under her headship, the department has also hosted a Fulbright fellow in Music, a visiting professor of Writing, and a Carnegie Africa Diaspora Fellow, all from the United States, and has had visits from Jazz musicians such as the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Davey Yarborough and Aaron Rimbui. The department also been a pioneer in the use of internet and she personally manages the department's website and social media accounts. The Departments has been cited by the Communications Manager of Google Africa as an example of the use of social media in higher education in Africa. For five years, she commented on social, cultural and gender issues at the blog The Zeleza Post.