How many hours do you work each day? 8, 10,12 hours a day? How many of these hours are actually productive at work? How many of these hours are fruitful? How many of these hours do you develop or create solutions for mankind’s problems? How many of these hours do you use to facilitate your [read more…]
Mama and I are gossiping Ms. Kairu over sizzling onions, She spits in the sink when I recreate the Church scene: yellow thighs slightly parted in the front pew culminating in black knees, I do not mention the Pastor’s gaze, She does not have to but she points out the irony in her name, By [read more…]
Somewhere in the middle of studies for my undergraduate degree, I took a course in Introduction to Literature. I was excited by the prospect of getting closer to what I really enjoyed: the written word. We were a small class, I remember. Must have just made the quorum. Quorum. A word that gained significant meaning [read more…]
I am really excited that I will be voting for the first time, come 8th August. For the first time, my voice will be heard and count in determining who will be the president for the next five years. However, I am troubled. I am unsure of the state of the nation after 8th August. [read more…]
At 23 years of age, I am be deemed ready for marriage, to take a job offer, to stop eating that paper that usually encases a queen cake and a few other trivial things like fixing Ugali that is hard enough for Wafula to enjoy. Except that I am not ready for any of those. [read more…]
Mind over matter. Isn’t that how the saying goes? When a highly accomplished and arrogant neurosurgeon severely damages his hands in a car accident, he believes his life is over. I must point out that the fatal accident was caused by his own carelessness. However, I suppose that’s beside the point. The neurosurgeon, Doctor Stephen [read more…]
Profile: Rev. Timothy Murere Njoya Country: Kenya Rev. Timothy Murere Njoya is a retired Minister of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and a leading advocate for justice and human rights in Kenya. Rev. Njoya received his PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1971 and Doctor of Divinity from Knox College, University of Toronto, in [read more…]
Artist: Billy Kahora Country: Kenya Billy Kahora’s short fiction and creative non-fiction has appeared in Chimurenga, McSweeney’s, Granta Online, Internazionale and Vanity Fair and Kwani. He has written a non-fiction novella titled The True Story Of David Munyakei and was highly commended by the 2007 Caine Prize judges for his story Treadmill Love; his story Urban Zoning was shortlisted for the prize in 2012, The Gorilla’s Apprentice in 2014. [read more…]
It would have been easier for all of us if you had typed that it will be your death day. I wouldn’t have attended your event and stabbed your neck in rage. The mob wouldn’t have killed me too. If only you had typed the truth. But instead, you typed that it will be your [read more…]
This tall, lean guy in grey draw-string pants and a blue hoodie stands hesitantly at the entrance, looks about then walks into the room. Someone is changing songs on the music system, several are chatting while others lounge lazily on the floor. Only one is stretching, jogging – warming up for the session. Faded, oversize [read more…]
