Made of the Streets

Holy Cow

Mambo 3
When I received the email confirming my admission to study at Bossey, I stared at my sink full of dirty dishes and considered throwing them all in the bin. Who has time for dishes when they’re about to travel abroad? Priorities! (Zakayo can stay all he wants! Steal all he wants! I will be far away, lol!) I immediately forwarded the email to my…
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Made of the Streets

When the Sole Wears Out

Mambo 0
Forget Cinderella’s magical glass slippers. High school gave us love letters, dancers at music and drama functions, and the kind of crushes you’d take a bullet for. I will tell you a story about my high school crush later. If you skipped…
Culturation

Lucky!

Mambo 1
No one ever talks about Mama Chakula! You know the women who turn smoky chapati dough into lifelines next to construction sites? You should try their tea, Oh my God it tastes so sweet it could win hearts faster than a well-rehearsed…
Culturation

Refuge

Mambo 0
I laughed when Brian first told me that the OG, Kaligraph Jones, has a gospel hit. I did not believe it until I watched ‘Msifu Bwana’ on YouTube. A tune I am still struggling to stop singing along. Brian never listens to gospel music. But…
Culturation

Dark Christmas

Mambo 0
I don’t think I have seen or heard of anything that scares a man like ‘giza la mashambani’. Not that it is darker than it is in the city but wueh! stepping out at night at my granny’s place is not an easy task. Two years ago, my uncles…
Culturation

Allahu Akbar

Mambo 0
I was in campus when I first witnessed two couples fighting. My classmates in 2nd year. The guy doubled up as my roommate. He was trading blows with his girlfriend, in our apartment. Why? Because he was insecure especially that she…
Culturation

Girl Power

Mambo 0
A girl once slapped me because I asked her for my money. Yes! I asked her if she had taken my one hundred shillings! And before you start condemning me (and telling me si ungemuachia tu!), singemuachia izo aki! Not when I know clearly…
Culturation

Man Enough

Mambo 0
We can talk and debate all we want (and trust me, I will listen) but at the end of the day, money is the answer. Money determines the steps we take, whether backwards or forward. Money is the number one propeller of happiness today. …
Made of the Streets

Inua Dada

Mambo 0
I can’t calm down. I used 936 shillings at Tusks, paid using a thousand bob and guess what? New currency is in the pocket at last! Well, they are all coins but it is the new currency .You should have seen me matching down the Tuskys daima…
Made of the Streets

For Alice

Mambo 0
Remember that shop where you used to buy balloons when you were young? Does the shop still exist? I laughed at myself the other day when my friend Jack reminded me how we used to blow balloons and how the big ones always appeared to be at…
Culturation

Imperfectly Perfect

Mambo 0
Practice takes place every Saturday between 4pm and 6pm. 2 hours are normally enough to have a personal fellowship with God, share the week’s experiences with one another, learn one or two new songs and finalize on the praise and worship…
Culturation

Ice on the Cake

Mambo 0
I was born in February. If I were Marjorie Oludhe, I would have called February the month of coming to birth. But Kibaki and Uhuru’s kids would not see the essence of what I want to share. Aren’t they still marveling at Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s…
The Other Guy

House of Prayer

Mambo 0
Nairobi hot? No! Nairobi sweet! Or Nairobi Raha! But raha sounds better when placed immediately after Mombasa. Nairobi can either be hot or sweet. Or both! Whichever you choose, one thing stands – John prays tonight! Our father in…
The Other Guy

We need to Talk

Mambo 0
My girlfriend cries about almost everything. Good or bad. She cries her way into joy and out of frustration. She expresses herself best through tears. She’s not a drama queen per-say, but she has her set of tricky moments. She is at…