Tag: Wakimuyu

I am writing this on a Monday afternoon. The sky is a clear blue and the sun is high up burning a hole into the sea of blue.

The sun was going down in Kangemi and you could hear the drums in Makau’s compound. There were six men and five women of the cloth, singing, praying

This is a true story. Names and places have been altered to protect the identity of the narrator. She hasn’t told this story before, not to her family,

I went on a date last night. We had met twice before and there were sparks. We had planned to meet on Christmas but I never showed. This

This is a true story. Names and places have been altered to protect the identity of the narrator. More than once she paused and almost broke down while

11:00am. That’s the time we’re seated in the living room with my niece and my mom watching In Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith and my mom starts

We’re getting to the end of the year and the end of the decade. Looking back, it’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the decade I

My dad wants us to have coffee. Coffee for my dad is code for, “I want you to give me a status update of where your life is