 He likes to read biographies and African literature.He says ‘…I’m particularly interested in the works of the likes of Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka…it is interesting to see how they capture the disruption of [African] society by colonialism, religion…’ Mutava is currently working his way through the Bible in Swahili.He does not like movies, but when pushed on it admits to be partial to Meryl Streep especially in Out of Africa.