Guest: Meet Joe Black.

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Picture a 17yr old boy living with his grandfather in Majengo slums in Kitui. Now picture this boy shuffling to a dark hot and seedy cyber in a corner of this hovel to write me an email a few …

The Man With The Gun

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If you honk at me when the lights have just turned green, I will put on my hazard and pretend the car has stalled. If you cut me off on the road I’m like an elephant, I won’t forget, …

Like A Thief In The Night…

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It’s highly unlikely you will live to see 90. In fact, you will be lucky to see 63. You will die from heart diseases. Or hypertension. Or diabetes. Or cancer. Or HIV/AIDS. At this rate it’s also possible you …

Zanzibar. Dar. A Book.

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Warning: Long post ahead (2,500 words), read in bed. Or at your virtual beach.

This will sound mad. But do you sometimes wake up in the dead of the night and lie there, anxious that perhaps there is a …

A letter to Kenyans Abroad

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Dear Diaspora.

There is this time I walked into this shoe shop in Dublin, Ireland. It was winter and cold as a hyena’s snout. I had on this hoodie with “Safaricom” emblazoned on its front in green. So, there …

Teeth for Sale.

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After five years, she finally packed her stuff. Not that she has much. A few dresses. Half a dozen tights. Tops. Socks. Jackets. Knickers. Vests. Shoes. They all fitted in her small holdall. She seemed excited at the prospect …

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