Craft It · 2013–2023
Archived stories
Ten years of Kenyans and the things they make by hand: makers, Nairobi and Kampala, motherhood, dusty rugs and the conversations in between. 300 stories, brought back online.
2013Craft ItCraft ItMidgets and toddlers in a rowI get an idea for a story. The idea is sparked from something I saw or (over-) heard. I drop everything I…2013Craft ItCraft It3 things about Blankets & Wine XLIVthe fake bourgeois That fake. It started at Uchumi supermarket, the one off Lang’ata Road. At the liquor store to be precise.…2013Craft ItCraft ItGetting publishedI was published last Saturday. The Saturday Nation. Page 22. Following last week’s post, it was as if the magic and miracle…2013Craft ItCraft ItBecoming a writer: the X stages of griefIt has been a little over two months since I got into writing full-time and none of my stories have been published…2013Craft ItCraft ItAuditor turned writer: the eventual goodbyeI was an auditor. With one of the Big Four audit firms in Nairobi, KE. Assurance Line of Service, I prided in…2013Craft ItCraft ItChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: my thoughts on the Nigerian novelistIt is telling the pea that lies in Chimamanda’s mattresses. Plainly so. The pea is about girls and women in Nigeria and…2013Craft ItCraft ItSpecial feature: Happy birthday brahMy baby brother celebrated his birthday last Saturday. On May 18. Apart from DJ Adrian and the (late) Pope John Paul II,…2013Craft ItCraft ItThe thing about ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’Books reviews are the holy grail of reviews. The thing about writing books and plays is that the literature is purely reliant…2013Craft ItCraft ItKwani? Trust: In conversation with Nuruddin FarahThe Facebook announcement was 3 likes and 1 share in when it appeared on my Home page. I followed the link to…2013Craft ItCraft ItBreaking virginity: Just A Band, Sorry for the DelayRight off the bat, I had never been a fan of Just A Band. Their hit single, Ha-he, received the airplay that…2013Craft ItCraft ItDemigods: meeting our favorite writersAah, our favorite writers. Why can’t we leave them where they belong? On our dusty and crammed bookshelves, bookmarked as favorite on…2013Old BlogOld Blogfra: full of chutzpahMy first piece of writing to ever be published was this one, as a Guest Post on Bikozulu’s blog. When this piece…