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The first time I descended those stairs, it was the scent of sweat, halfway down, that prepared me for the…
And if there is one thing about Kisumu that has not changed, it is her people.
I Other people die and stay dead. Others leave and never come back. But not Farah, my younger brother, who…
Monday, October 16 ended as all days do in Nyanza: with a Lake Sunset. Where everything catches a golden warmness.…
Nothing makes you think about where else you want to live quite like an election. No one leaves home unless…
I sat there on the seat of that barbershop, and looked at my hair through the mirror, taking one last…
When the devils that drive the beasts of men to their madness finally reached their destinations, everything descended to shit.…
Read Part 1 here WE WON’T FORGET. Look, can we just get over and done with this because my aunt…
Mutembei keenly observes Mombasa beneath the inexorable sun, a town clinging on its designated part on the warm palms of…
This story was shortlisted for the Writivism 2016 Short Story Prize
The fat graduand. The laughing ugly girl. But you would have laughed it off. And your father wouldn’t have stormed…