Discovering his story
“I have always been curious about Lumumba's story, now, you've brought it to me for free.”
A reader responding to a published profile of PLO · July 2025
A SMALL INVITATION FROM SSALI
Readers become writers.
Sometimes, right here.
Your first reviewed story can earn a little towards your next book.A sentence you cannot shake. A memory nobody else can tell.
Pull up a chair. There is room for your words in this house.
No perfect first lines required.
Just a little curiosity, and you.
Just a little curiosity, and you.
THE SSALI WRITING DESK
A LITTLE SPARK
Start with a place you can still smell.
0 words · 0 / 20,000 charactersYour words begin here
1 / 3
THE WRITING WALL
The readers’ wall.
A reaction. A question. A note of your own.
A question for PLO
“Why can't Prof PLO Lumumba serve as President of Kenya?”
A question raised in a public discussion
Reader submissions appear after editorial review.
Good writing often begins with good reading.
Find your next book