When Tongues Bleed
Let tongues bleed. I hope you never sleep, As you go through, word for word, My little conversations in this world, and pleadings as blood poured. Till you realize on board It’s your turn to speak. Beginning with my unexpectedly falling in grandma’s room this morning as I went to greet her, to my inability […]
Their was no story anymore
The year is 2007 in the county of Narok in Kenya. This is a story of Nikita in her early discoveries with her maasai culture while in her teen age. She observed closely that all her close family female members were all circumcised and the tradition was not going to surpass her. For her, all […]
Sunset
I never quite how defining a moment it is to watch the sunset until today. There is something extraordinary about watching the sun’s slanting rays and taking in the cool evening breeze. It is an opportunity to reflect on the activities of the day and plan for tomorrow. Speaking of which, I cannot even contain […]
WE CANNOT LIFT YOU ANYMORE
Murife did not want to stop running no matter how much everyone kept telling her not to run. “Murife don’t run, don’t run Murife!” she kept hearing voices behind her. One that she could hear clearly was that of her grandmother and wondered how the soft-spoken lady had gained so much projection in her voice […]
THE GIRL THAT REMINDS ME OF MYSELF.
The screams were reminiscent of mine twenty years ago. The flurry of medics rushing the prepubescent girl to the emergency room strangely gave me a sense of relief. At least she is going to get the immediate help she needs. “Dr Didi, we are ready for you in the operating room”, I smiled to placate […]
That Could Be Me
That Could Be Me. I once dreamt of becoming a constitutional lawyer and championing women rights and more, but that remains just that, a pipe dream. You see, my twin brother and I went to the same primary school, dreamt the same dreams and equally topped the same class, always interchanging the first and second […]
The Mistake of the Past
The Mistake of the Past It was a custom in an unmapped geographical location of West Africa sub-region that every female birth must be followed with rites within seven days of birth. This was the role of queen Olomowewe. The queen was fierce and scary. She usually robbed in black and red gowns, and had […]
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
This story comes from a 14 year old girl living in our village .”I was six years old when it happened to me. I knew what was going to happen, I knew they were going to cut me because a lot of my friends had had it done and I’d had a look – it […]
The Princess and the Eve of the new dawn
Princess awoke first. It took her a minute to get her bearings in the unfamiliar realities, occurring around her. She saw her brother and quickly looking around the little cottage, she shook her brother. “Wake up, where is daddy? Did you see him leave?” Her brother quickly sat up, wiping his eyes. Glancing around with […]
The Filtering Curse of FGM
It was supposed to be a three-month exchange program. In my second year of university, in 2006, doing a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Service in a reputable university in Kenya. Whilst looking for priceless experience in this honorable course, I applied for an exchange program in Mogadishu University and got accepted. I had heard so […]