A Race in the Dark is K. I. Laibuta's debut anthology, which threads the reader through the unfathomable depths of the spoken word. In addition contribution to Professor Arthur Luvai
Boundless Voices (Heineman Educational Books Nairobi 1986), Laibuta's sensational poetry featured in local Magazines, public and private fireside recitals.
This anthology is Laibuta's fast-paced and exhilarating journey depicting tales of diverse experiences depicted in social commentaries and told through powerful imagery seasoned with the undying spirit of resilience in the best way known to writers of his day. The anthology flows in no particular thematic sequence or with regard to the unique experiences by which they were inspired in the space of time beginning 1982, the year that opened gaping doors to a wide world of new heights, dreams and imaginations, culminating in what became to him a fast-paced race in the dark on the heels of which came a second anthology titled A Legion of Drums.
This anthology depicts Laibuta's footprints in the sands of time and the graphic images of real and imaginary lives that can only be drawn in less than few words.
This unique collection takes the reader through the bedarkened labyrinths of social-cultural and political woes, jubilation and tribulation that characterise a faithless society lost in the quick sands of time when the gods of this system of things lord it over generations whose unending race in the dark in search of freedom is spoken of in muted thoughts and winnowed words.