'Literature is dead,' 'Empty lecture halls during Literature classes,' 'Great authors die and no emerging writers to replace them,' are all headlines in Literary magazines and journals that we have become familiar with.
Many critics and literary reviewers have often stated that our oral literature is dying a slow death.
Literature classes are being deserted in our Universities and colleges. I think the root cause for this is neglecting Oral literature in our primary and secondary schools.
Nowadays many schools prefer to engage their students in academic activities and contests and giving less time or no time at all to performances of poetry, drama and skits.
Students are being pumped with academic materials so that the school may rank high during the release of KCSE examinations results.
More time is being created for remedial, revisions and preps while theatre halls are being turned into dining halls!
If we create more time for oral literature in our schools, things might change a lot better!