This interview with the internationally renowned Kenyan writer, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, conducted by PhD-student Raphaëlle Efoui-Delplanque, provides insight into the complexities of conceptualising "circulation" when its manifestations differ greatly depending on geographic, geopolitical, and cultural positionings. In the course of the conversation, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor touches upon matters of home and movement, discusses the necessity of crafting counter-narratives to dominant Eurocentric ones, and explores the concept of allowing the living to be haunted. Finally, in light of her most recent project, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor shares powerful insights into the history, present, and presence of coffee, and envisions more just ways to approach it.