What a brief wondrous life! What a moving force! What an acceleration! He moved so frantically through life, ideas and spaces that it is difficult to...
We cannot think of our continent as a hostile place. Too many of us have learnt to fear it. And I feel that if you trust...
The Kenya I grew up in felt isolated from the rest of the continent and the world. Kenyan writers were dissidents who lived abroad. Art was...
I don’t yet know how to make peace with the fact that I had a hand in legitimising probably the worst administration this country has had...
Western governments tell their people the same lies that are told to Africans by their own administrations. We are just as blinded and our perception is...
Kondele neighbourhood in Kisumu is famous and infamous. It is a place torn between its cultural richness and vibrancy, as well the lurking darkness of violence....
While the public debate on mental health is welcome, as a person recovering from a mental disorder, there is need to push a wholesome discussion on...
Women’s oppression is the original human sin and has been normalised by most societies. But even for women, change had to come. Now more and more...
I was hardly thirteen when I was hurriedly married off to a 50-year-old man. I do not remember feeling more betrayed in my life. Family members...
I cannot count the number of times I was caned for speaking up against my father, or for behaving in a way that my father thought...
