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Dusty RugsA boy called MikeI used to mentor a young man called Mike. Michael Njuguna Muthaka. Aka Mike. Mike was 21 when I met him in 2016…
MotherhoodNjeeh is bornIt is 1a.m when I text my girls and my family group on WhatsApp: I am in labour. Headed to hosi. Pray…
Urban GuideStart againNobody asked but I will tell you how my piano lessons have been fairing on. Ha-ha. Taking it from the top. I…2019Urban GuideUrban GuideChef Tom of Crave Kitchen: “Food goes with music”Kitchen Confidential: a miniseries about Kenyan chefs in Kenyan kitchens #2. CHEF TOM KAMUNTI. HEAD CHEF AND PROPRIETOR OF CRAVE KITCHEN, KIKUYU…
Conversation WithChef Les: “Food is better than an orgasm”Kitchen Confidential: a miniseries about Kenyan chefs in Kenyan kitchens #1. CHEF LESIAMON SEMPELE. EXECUTIVE CHEF AT NYAMA MAMA DELTA AS TOLD…
Conversation WithRolling StonesHunt like a hungry lioness: A miniseries on Craft It about Nairobi’s creatives #5. NEWTON OMONDI: TATTOO ARTIST Newton Omondi’s fingers are…
Conversation WithTurtle neckHunt like a hungry lioness: A miniseries on Craft It about Nairobi’s creatives #4. LAURA LWALA: PRYDE ARTZ JEWELLERY Laura Lwala has…
Conversation WithNatural linesHunt like a hungry lioness: A miniseries on Craft It about Nairobi’s creatives #3: LINDSAY DAWN ADHIAMBO: AH THIS, BODY ART Lindsay…
Urban GuideShoe DogHunt like a hungry lioness: A miniseries on Craft It about Nairobi’s creatives #2. IAN ARUNGA: CREATOR OF DAPPER MONKEY (AND PLENTY…
Urban GuideMixed signalsHunt like a hungry lioness: A miniseries on Craft It about Nairobi’s creatives #1. WANJIRU NDUNG’U. WRITER AT HOOTING OWL I’m not…
Urban GuideFrom Kampala: Who do you want to sleep with?ERNEST TUAPE (Craft It’s new foreign correspondent in Kampala) #1. I’m writing this from the balcony of my room At Chobe Safari…2017Craft ItCraft ItConversation with: A Street-smart Cab DriverOut of the entr’acte between sunset and darkness, when most of Nairobi is hunkered between the inevitable mature of what-now to what-next,…
Old BlogLaw #35: Master the Art of TimingI joined a pyramid scheme in August 2013. I didn’t know it was a pyramid scheme at the time. When my big…2016Old BlogOld BlogCulture ClubI realized that GB was starting something when, on Friday, he told me that he would be attending a meeting at church…
Old BlogGood cop, bad copTamara Nerima wishes she would live in her son’s head for just a day. Just one. Nate is three. Tamara, every so…
Old BlogA few wordsUltimately, there are only two things your Mother wants you to give her: She wants a hug. A sincere hug. A tight…
Old BlogMuna is bornLast October, a month before my daughter was born, I bought a watch from the kiddies section of the jeweller’s store on…2016Old BlogOld BlogIn pursuit of happynessJoy D’Souza kicks off our Parenting mini-series with a story about her daughter Xena and their blog. Lilmissbelle.com. I am already subscribed…
Old BlogSons and DaughtersThe most tiresome bunch of people you can ever hang with is new parents. Take my word for it, we are a…2016Old BlogOld BlogRoll the diceMy daughter turned four months last Saturday. (Muna, by the way. Her name is Muna.) Four months ago is just about the…2015Old BlogOld BlogRetire alreadyMy folks are settled in shagz. Finally. Can you hear the vuvuzela and the song and dance that festoon that word ‘finally’?…2015Old BlogOld BlogLighted laughIt wasn’t like she was never dramatic, Mama Kananu. She wasn’t the type of woman who understood what subtlety or courtly behaviour…2015Old BlogOld BlogCare to shut it?The folly with running a column as intimate as ‘My Mother and I’ is that you start to let out the family…2015Old BlogOld BlogMad MenMarket days at Kawangware were on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was the closest market to our digs. My Mum made the trip…