Kenya

‘Your skin is beautiful — that’s why they look at you. They admire it. They are just too afraid to…

I don’t smoke cigars. Everyone thinks I do, but I don’t. I just let them dangle between my lips and…

I remember a Diba. He was young, mellow, with a head too small for its voluminous hair. He had an…

For as long as I can remember, the written word has allowed me to rest, dream, imagine and forget about…

Imbambazi Stashed in our wet residual memory, Mother walks with fast legs, Like mother hen on sighting an eagle up…

On the morning when I spritzed a Dove spray on the nape of my neck and dabbed it lightly on…

‘The Blessing of Kali’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

Tears to Fool a God

How Kenyan Cricket Lived and Died

Growing up on the Kenyan side of Busia – the twin town at the Kenya–Uganda border – it wasn’t completely…

Turning the steep bend around Mt. Marsabit; the elation is so strong I feel it even now. It is the…