Nairobi Living
So here’s the hardest thing about living in Nairobi. And I know I said it…
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The photographer and a festival: a pictory
If I tell you I do not think the next Safaricom Jazz Festival will be amazing, I will be lying. Because this last one taught me to hold my reservation off, and just show up to enjoy the music.
The sound of a community
African Twist was all the rave. Daudi Kabaka had started a wildfire in Kenya. Another man from Kakamega, with a homemade guitar had created a new guitar picking style that nobody could replicate. He had created a smash hit, had a huge love scandal, and then died under tragic circumstances. But the legend of George Mukabi and his omutibo guitar had already achieved immortality.
The wizard is the son of a kapenta
I The yellow light from the low-hanging bulb shines on the right side of his…
A woman jazzed
You’ve only ever seen her before in the stuff that dreams are made of, surrounded…
Simon on the keys
When I was younger, way younger, a couple of decades ago, I was quite the…
Music is memory
I’ve never heard of this guy before, so obviously I am saying his name completely…
Set the Pace
A few years back, when my moustache was nothing more than scattered, wispy whiskers and…
Looking Back; Ngartia Bryan’s Losing Grip
In her debut historical novel, Black Mamba Boy, Somali novelist, Nadifa Mohamed follows the story…
The Samsung SUHD TV Edition
I remember sneaking into my uncle’s TV room to watch The Bold And The Beautiful.…