A thousand liquid spears stabbed the insides of the open trench a short distance from the door. The rushing stream merrily sang shwoooo shwoooo as it eagerly swallowed the aquatic missiles. Strange, thought Sarah, she’d never seen the rain that beautiful. The trench carried water down the hill; fed the hungry cement pipe near the […]
I’ve often heard that the three major topics people are told to avoid discussing in social gatherings are RELIGION, MONEY & POLITICS. Ok, for some the list is different, but these three are major no-go zones in most situations because people have very strong opinions and sometimes arguing over these things can be very costly, […]
For the last two days I’ve been attending #wamnairobi, a series of talks and meet ups organised by Women, Action and the Media (WAM!). The organization connects and supports media makers, activists, academics and funders working to advance women’s media participation, ownership and representation. Visit their site here The talks were part of a series […]
[I was once Oyunga Pala‘s intern…Yes…Kenya’s number one ‘tell it like it is’ social commentary writer. Too bad it didn’t last long though!I wrote this during my short stint…] Hip Hop Halisi Hip hop is as dynamic as the sub-genres and fusions that it has embodied and yet still as consistent as its original roots […]
By now the world should know that I love words! I love ’em to bits! I was once challenged that if I wanted to really develop my writing in the genre of my choice I should read 100 books by other authors in that genre. Now here is the problem, I don’t yet know exactly […]
I am delighted to report that yes indeed it pays to write! I attended a workshop dubbed ‘Words Over Weapons’ that was organized by Kenyan publishing house, StoryMoja in December 2009. Its purpose was to develop 10 short stories targeting teenagers that fell within pre-determined themes and settings . Our work as the 15 or […]