Mambo

I promised my little cousins, Samara and her twin sisters, that I would bring them cheese when I returned from Switzerland. It was an emotional WhatsApp video call that lasted almost 20 minutes. I had never tried cheese before and still…

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…

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…

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…

Bobi is cute. He knows it. At times when he spots you watching him, he will take his time to find the perfect spot to sit and with an air of practiced elegance, he slowly coils his tail around his paws, tapping them rhythmically as…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …