he foolishness of getting a second child is in thinking that you know what you are doing this time You imagine all the ways by which you will do right by this kid The first one...

When you grow up with nothing, everything outside of the air you breathe is a bonus When the only house you've ever known and the only seats you've ever loved are the three seater...

I beat noise about my village all the time because that’s where my umbilical cord was buried, and my bones will be interred Until Colonel Apollo Aloka joined the Kenya Air...

The first time I was in Soweto, I crossed the street in front of Mandela's house into a bar to have a shot called the Soweto toilet Yes, I had already gone to take the pictures in...

It rains differently on this other side of the big valley Here, the rains give you a warning and enough time The first sign is in how the weather changes; the brightness of the...

Heal yourself Where does music come from And how is it that someone knows how to sing exactly what your soul is saying Who thinks up of these melodies, these chords, these lyrics...

Teresa, according to the all-knowing internet, is 'generally believed to have been derived from the Greek word therizein, meaning to reap, or gather in, and thus takes the...

The bell rings but as per usual, our teacher keeps teaching Nanyuki High School is not like those schools you see in the movies where the bell rings and students run out of class,...

[To read from part 1, click here] For someone to pull of that kind of heist within - what, ten minutes - he must have been a seasoned thug He must have been someone who...

The heart my mother gave does not allow me to forgive easily It is the kind of tragic flaw that allocates a specific amount of tears per human being, and when you pass your quota...

continues from part 2 THE END BEGINS HERE The beating of March 2010 was a special one because of three main reasons; it was the last one, the worst one and the one that...

Continues from part 1 GEORGE We got married so that my father would shut up I could not understand what his problem was exactly, because everyone else was fine with...