TATU OF MBAZA
TATU OF MBAZA There is something immensely beautiful about Tatu. A young girl who walked in her own light, an ambitious young girl who wanted to travel beyond the village, beyond the valleys and the mountains her family and relatives lived, she wanted to explore the big wide world, the world the radio speaks of, […]
Hope for change
“Hurry! Hurry!. We cannot afford to waste any more time. Your father will soon be back with your aunt”. Said Mother. “You have to get out of here my dear daughter, Go and live your life unchained from the shackles of these traditions which I was unable to escape from.” She added. These were the […]
Screams of help
It’s cold and scary in the forest. All alone with just my thoughts to keep me company. I can hear voices getting closer and closer. I run for dear life, far away from home to a place unknown. All I can think of is “Will I live to see the light of day?” A few […]
A Persuasive Fight
Maria slept peacefully, grasping for warmth and clutching her sheets to her skin. Suddenly, she felt a thick blanket cover her head, her body drifting away from her bed and the roughness of several hands around her. Her body shifted up and down every few seconds and she knew she was being carried down the […]
FGM story telling competition
THE CULTURE THAT EATS ITS PEOPLE. It is in a chill morning in the village of ole-Nyaruma, Isibania- Kajiado on the Kenya-Tanzania boarder. The village is quiet except the joyous celebrations heard from the nearby manyatta .As I go to fetch water, I by pass Sahara Ole Ntimama. Am astonished by her lack of response […]
IN THE NAME OF TRADITIONS
Siti was my best friend. We were ‘friendship goal’ kind of friends. On our graduation, we promised to be speaking often. However, Siti did not keep her word. She had gone silent. I had tried all means to reach her but to no avail. I called her boyfriend, Dee to enquire about her. Here is […]
WHY TAKE A PART OF ME FOR ME TO BE WHOLE
I did not realize I underwent FGM. Well, I know you must be wondering how that is possible but I assure you I really did not know and I am ashamed for that. Most often when we talk about shame in FGM, we are referring to the humiliation that a victim feels having underwent this […]
NASIEKU THE VILLAGE GIRL
In an island in lake vipingo, there was a village called Soweto where traditional practices were practiced and highly enforced by the village elders. Anybody that did not obey the orders was ruthlessly dealt with. One day, Nasieku and her two friends were walking down the village road and the chiefs’ bodyguards abducted them took […]
My mother
Dream from that awful night still wake me up at night with nightmares. I still remember it like yesterday the night that severed the unity between husband and wife, broke the trust between mother and daughter and destroyed the bond of family. My father an educated married my village brought up mother after a frustrated […]
How do i tell my love?
I wake up screaming for the third time this week. My sheets are drenched in sweat and my body is shivering like a leaf. My breath comes in short painful busts and for a moment, I am convinced that I am going to suffocate and die. These nightmares will be the end of me and […]