Jinamizi
When I think about it, the most pivotal moments of my career have been shaped by someone asking me, “Can you sing” The first one was Chizi Everyone knew Chizi It was hard to...
Cooked Meat
- I - She could not remember the exact moment she forgot her name, or what time it was, what she was doing, what she was thinking But she was sure she was running or thinking of...
#UnusualUnits: MonyqueXO [part 2]
[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...
#UnusualUnits: MonyqueXO [part 1]
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...
#UnusualUnits: Queen Gathoni [part 3]
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...
#UnusualUnits: Queen Gathoni [part 2]
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 George and...
#UnusualUnits: Queen Gathoni [part 1]
CITY COTTON I am one of those people who refuse to die I do not know why, but I know it’s not for lack of death trying to snatch me away I should have died in Bottomline First...
Japicha
Picture this A man on a black mamba that is no longer black He rides around it in the neighbourhood, sometimes nipping in and out of houses, at other times ringing his bell Not to...
A place where men are men
I come from a place where men are men and women like it that way I don't actually know what that phrase means, because our societal notions of masculinity are thankfully...
One day even death will die
He fell right in front of me I was standing next to him, trying to talk to the woman in uniform, but she would not listen She said that the paper we had presented to her meant...
Because of Geography [part 1]
While parents from other continents take their children to school, we Africans are sent to school That etymology has never ceased to baffle me, “sending a child to school’ And...
The dirt in my eye
At first, I figured that perhaps it could be that the Canon 7D had finally began to fall apart Which would be unfortunate because I did not have another hundred and fifty thousand...
