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Master One Thing or Stay Average Forever | Bugembe Nelson
Lessons to My Diary Episode 40 Guest: Bugembe Nelson Founder, Twezuule Foundation Recently on Lessons to My Diary, I sat down with Bugembe Nelson. And honestly… this wasn’t […] More
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“The Drunks Vow” | Excerpt from HUNGER by Wanja Kavenji
Some family members have pleaded with him to stop drinking, but should we all be honest, they don’t ask him to stop because they want him to stop, but because […] More
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Gender-based violence + racism are tangled together through the same root: colonial definitions of “normal”.
The “fairest of them all” problem Schools, movies, ads taught generations that beauty = white, English/French/Arabic = smart, “proper family” = Western blueprint. So when kids go through that […] More
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My Mother’s Resilience Is My Greatest Asset
Growing up, I couldn’t see the depth of my mother’s heart through the lens of my own childhood needs and desires, but becoming a mother to my own three children […] More
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Motherless day…
Another year, another Mother’s day gone by without my beloved mother. As I scrolled through the various Mother’s day graphics and status updates on Whatsapp and Instagram, I couldn’t help […] More
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Timadutsa Muzambiri: The Silent Weight of Being a Man
We are presumed strong. And we are presumed to be right all the time or at least expected to be. Especially in a marriage setup. We are not supposed to […] More
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A novel: God Hates the Desperate
Hi! My name is Nalo, and today, I’m going to tell you the story of how my life went to shit. Now don’t get me wrong, at some point I […] More
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The Truth Is, We’re All Just Doing Our Best to Hold Ourselves Together
There comes a point in life—usually in our thirties and forties—when we realize that adulthood isn’t what we imagined it would be. As children, we thought adults had life figured […] More
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Romance is sweet
Romance is sweet, especially when it’s new. My next-door neighbour recently got a boyfriend who visits every evening for supper, and all I hear through the thin walls are her […] More
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Born again
I came at around noon on a chilly Tuesday in June. Mother had known it was time, so she trekked slowly to Kyeni hospital and made a beeline for the […] More
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A bewitching love story of 60s’ genre.
Penning🖊my journal. Bright & early it was 1963 the dawn of independence, a new Kenya had emerged and the mood was a fizzy sprite of optimism. With independence boated many […] More
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Kenyan Politician Wants The Polygamist Banned. I Think We Need More Shows Like It.
A television show does not destroy marriages. People do. Yet Nairobi County Chief Officer for Citizen Engagement Geoffrey Mosiria has called for the popular Netflix series The Polygamist to be […] More
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THE THINGS A DAUGHTER TEACHES A FATHER
With each year that passes by, I am finding that nothing quite prepares you as a man, let alone a father, for the absolute roller coaster ride that having a […] More
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NZE NAMUTTA – EPISODE 2 & 3
NZE NAMUTTA 🪢 ( I Killed him) EPISODE 2 & 3 👇 I had been a loyal wife for sixteen years, Naye waliwo webituuka, nga olina okukola okusalawo okusembayo😭. Nze […] More
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My forthcoming book, Nocturnes at dawn, and the person I was born to be.
The publisher has agreed on a tentative release date for my forthcoming book, Nocturnes at dawn. It’s a different kind of book from my last one, A Licence To Phil. […] More
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How often do you tell the people around you that you love them?
Listen, how often do you tell the people around you that you love them? If you don’t, this is your cue to start. Let me tell you a story. Growing […] More
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Cameroonian village boy who became Douala’s bakery magnate.
Penning 🖊 my journal. In this world we think that opportunities root from grandiose ideas. We refuse to plough the soil under our feet for that in the yonder, thinking […] More
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Some women come with wealth, & when they leave, depart with it all.
Penning🖊my journal, decades ago there’s a gentleman I worked with known as Otieno, he was tall, dark & handsome. Always foppishly smart, he loved popping Italian suits and whiffed premium […] More
