No longer just another story, it held a weighty reality that I couldn’t fully grasp, as suicide has always confounded me.
My auntie, true to herself, prayed daily for me to be delivered from “the wilderness,” as she used to call it-until my tour of duty ended.
A lot of us have this feeling that we don’t need the boys in blue. Why? They do the worst where they are needed the most.
Old geezers who have seen it all were shocked by their sheer audacity.
The youngsters will say to hell with this corruption and the mamas will have to devise other ways of squeezing some mullah from the groom.
The origins of this trend are shrouded in mystery, much like the cowboy hats themselves. Some say it began with those World War Two fighters who went to fight for the British in Burma.
Despite her endless patience, the weight of the world seemed to settle on Dofora’s shoulders.
Back in the day, borrowing cassettes was like trading gossip—common and often regrettable.
Which brings me to my point: photos lie. Sure, they capture a moment, but they don’t tell the whole story.
There is something about Mashujaa Day that makes it special. Mashujaa is the tipping point of the year.
Among our people, men belong to their mothers. That’s why our entire tribe refers to itself as the House of Mumbi.
At the top of this is a curative herb called ‘kiruma’.