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Trigger Warning ⚠️: Graphic Descriptions, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Childhood Trauma Some parents’ idea of sex education is taking their children to Sunday School and forwarding ex-rated scenes in movies (or changing the channel if it’s on Telemundo). Her parents were that kind of parents. Boomer parents are quite conservative and shy, so naturallyContinue reading “Lovey Dovey Melancholy”

There was a time it was fashionable to text people with short forms. Khoikhoi was also fashionable. “Xaxa, xema, fyn, l8r,” etc. During that era, someone once wrote me a note when I was going back to boarding school and it ended in “T-kea.”😂 That line stuck with me. *** If you’re new here, youContinue reading “T-kea Of You!”

There’s a profound sense of fulfilment in accomplishing a goal. Seeing a dream come to pass. From conceiving it to taking steps towards it and finally living it. That’s what Thursday 20th November, 2025 was like to me. I was admitted to the Bar of Advocates. Still trying to relish the fact that it’s real.Continue reading “Congratulations Wakili”

Hey Stranger. It’s been a minute since you last heard from me, eh? Well, it’s also been a minute since I heard from me. There’s only so much one mind can churn out. Then 8-5s are determined to drain us of our best hours. But, I’m working on new things. Hopefully you’ll see them soon.Continue reading “Shrewd vs Stingy”

The year is somewhere after 1997. Probably ‘98 or ‘99. At the time, it was close to a decade since she completed her university studies. Over that period of time, she’d only been able to keep tabs with a handful of former classmates. Occasionally she met others – in industry events, shopping at Uchumi, atContinue reading “Article 31”

I’ve been praised on several occasions for being a good cook. I know I’m probably not the illest cook because there’s always someone who can do it better. In the most recent one, I was seated with a friend, gossiping about work😂 when she commended the food I had made. “This is so good!” “ShouldContinue reading “Patient Teachers”

“Unanitaka? (Eti.) Unanipenda? Basi N’tongoze!” Kiswahili has some very weird, gross-sounding names. Tongoza is one such.😂 It’s English translation would sound much more pronouncable: perhaps something like woo. There are many others which I shan’t mention to save you the obscenity. But if your imagination is good at running wild, I’m thinking of what you’reContinue reading “Basi N’tongoze!”

For you to appreciate this story better, I’d recommend you start by reading this one. *** I turned 25 last December. (Those of you who don’t know me personally are probably seeing this, thinking, “I thought you were forty!” Eh?) That theory that your frontal cortex develops fully at age 25 might be kind ofContinue reading “Penda Anayekupenda”