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...

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...

Cartoon by: Bwana Mdogo I pleaded with Suleiman for a ride on his bike and he refused I ran behind him, trailing that black BMX, constantly begging him for a ride Dude refused...

I found her sitting behind her desk, talking to some Somali nyako whose intense perfume hang around long after she’d left to do whatever Karua asked her to do “She is very...

I curled myself on the living room couch, staring at our hunchback Sanyo TV, but not really watching it It was a Sunday afternoon, so Sinbad must have been screening I was lost...

I have this thing with Mother Karua She calls me up at random times for a tipple I do not know how many people drink with their mothers, especially when she is the one buying But...