Monkey Business
Greetings, friends: I’ve been thinking about that monkey that shut down the Kenya Power grid a few years ago. It’s strange, the way the […]
Elite Disorganization
Greetings, friends: This week, I’ve been thinking about the Court of Appeal’s ruling against the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in Kenya last […]
Writing Police Stories
Greetings, friends: I’ve been thinking about the Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and their English composition department. If you’re on Twitter you’ve […]
Working From Home
Greetings, friends: I hope this month has been kind to you, despite the cold weather for those of us in Nairobi. I’ve […]
Africa Kills Her Sun
Greetings, friends: I hope that this fortnight has been kind to you and your loved ones. This week I received the news […]
Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension
Greetings, friends: I’ve been thinking about Nigeria’s Twitter suspension, which the country’s government put into effect two days after the social media […]
Telling The Time
Greetings, friends: I’ve been watching the documentary Fire In The Blood on Netflix slowly over a number of days in the past […]
The 77 days of January
Greetings, friends: Instead of saying ‘I hope this newsletter finds you well’, I’m instead going to say I hope you made it […]
There Is Always Something Left To Love
This has been a heavy couple of weeks, and I am almost bereft of words at the passing of Lorna Irungu-Macharia, who […]
Croissant Yousouf
I couldn’t resist starting this week’s newsletter with Youssouf Katari. In case you missed it, @Tasty – a hitherto mostly uncomplicated foodie […]
Keyboard Warriors
Greetings, friends: I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe at this time. This week Kenyans online showed up in […]
Liberation Jazz and Soul
Greetings, friends: I heard it said, somewhere, that the days are long but the years are short. How true this is, especially […]