On any given Saturday afternoon, Nairobians can be classified depending on what part of their body aches the most. And…
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It has been 16 years of guilt, rage, and a hurt that could poison a serpent. I am exhausted.
“I don’t know, George; the best way to end a conversation is to let it rest, not write a 2000-word blogpost.”
Then that policeman cocked him gun at me. I do not know guns, so I do not know what model he was carrying. Must’ve been an AK47, but don’t take my word for it. That shit does not sound like it does in the movies.
Other over-30s say “Nobody has their life figured out by 30.” As if it is any consolation. You not having hit your targets by this time does not make my failure feel any less disappointing.
It would have been different, the outcome. Had you been everything you thought you were. I have this memory of…
As told to Magunga by Mammy, a 22-year-old girl living in Bungoma.
At the age of six, I was learning to use the words uncle and aunty loosely. They didn’t necessarily have…
As if being an early teenager is not complicated enough, you just had to be different. You deal with the…
Towards the end of the turbulent forties, men came back from the great war slinging more than just gun. They…
When you start approaching 30, it feels like everything is closing in on you. Life develops a certain urgency to…
The call came in when I was at my cousin’s place. It was during those early days of the pandemic…