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We all have childhood memories, but few of us can take one childhood slip, or is it lisp, and turn it into a whole memoir piece. That’s exactly what @SDwriting_ does in this poignantly beautiful piece where he’s climbing walls, dissing his mates and playing pro street cricket 😅.
🔗Read: debunk.media/stitches-subaru…
Dystopian literature, or anything dystopian, may be considered a niche genre, something you read with your nose high up in the air. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As @SDwriting_ illustrates below, maybe what you need to do is to read the text, then read it two more times 😊.
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For older folks, a photo-op in Uhuru Park was a rite of passage. For not-so-old folk, going to Karura or Arboretum on a loose weekend was/is a plan. For much younger folk, these may soon sound like fantasies, because concrete jungle. Obviously, it is the women who bear the brunt.
🔗 Read: debunk.media/who-gets-to-res…
You are just a girl. But the world won’t let you be. Sometimes the world means your best friend with flawless skin who introduces you to expensive serums, a costly affair that leads you to only one conclusion - you are just a girl, and your inner thighs are simply what they are.
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From paying for the matatu ride home to paying for supplies at the kiosk or supermarket to paying for that very necessary second bottle of KC Ginger at Molly’s on a ka loose Friday night saa zile zimeshika/zinashika/hazishiki, the constant remains one - what’s your Fuliza Limit?
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You have an urban philosopher for a friend. They posit that in this economy, between living, loving and laughing, you can only pick two. It sounds reasonable, deep even, but you insist on all three. Then one hangied morning, your M-PESA balance decides to become a philosopher 😅.
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To your right, florists are handling beautiful bouquets. To your left, butchers are chopping up whole carcases, blood everywhere. Beauty and blood, side by side. Sometimes you notice. Other times you don’t. This is City Market, Kenya’s metaphor. Beauty. Blood. Life. Death. People.
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“Two colleagues are standing next to the coffee maker. The young lady poignantly asks the young man, “Where have the young men disappeared to?” For a moment, the young man is speechless. Then it quickly dawns on him. The young men are here, there, everywhere. But no one is looking”
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It is 25th June 2024. Wasee wame-decide form in maandamano. Wewe & your three siblings mme-agree ku-meet tao saa nane m-join protest. But of all the siblings, wewe pekee ndo bado uko home. Na budako ame-slouch kwa couch. Ukitoka atakuuliza unaenda? So umekwama 😩. Sheila Ngei writes.
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We all remember that speech. Don’t we? That unnerving speech by President William Ruto on 25th June 2024 after Parliament was breached. Have you ever wondered what was going on in the minds of Gen Zs who had just returned from the protests & were now listening in? Wonder no more. @thiskeeke writes
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Time has passed & the details have gotten hazy, but do we remember, like really remember, why June 25th happened? Worry not. @SDwriting_ has taken the trouble, including quoting & analyzing a lot of Thoreau, & taken us back to the root of it all, both the numbers & the economics.
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