The call came in when I was at my cousin’s place It was during those early days of the pandemic when tissue paper was more valuable than common sense, curfew was at 7pm, and the...

Last borns are meant to remain home  It is the way of our people Last born sons, that is that is Luo tradition says that the girls get married and leave to go start their own...

When you watch those apocalyptic movies where the earth is destroyed and mankind has left the earth, the characters think back to the days passed with fondness The things they...

I don’t remember much from my first funeral We stood in line, waiting to view the body When it was my turn, I observed how the body was ashy, its arms stiff by their sides,...

Then I was four when my little sister was born; chubby cheeks with dimples, she was a sight to behold Even as kids we were quite different She was the well organized, tidy almost...

People say that I look exactly like my mom I don’t see it at all In fact, when I was younger, for some reason, I was convinced I was adopted The older I got, the more I see that...

Everyone watched as the world slowed down to a silence At the time, nobody really cared that it was happening There was no way a virus chomping up a portion of Asia could survive...