The part of me that protests against the mistreatment of fellow Africans is more human than it is African
Category: POLITICS
Death by curfew
Our police force, like our state, was created to subdue people, not to serve them.
Being a kid during a crisis
Kids know there is a problem, but they just don’t care.
Freedom of speech and the right to lie
Freedom of speech, conceptualised politically, should be radical.
The disappearing blogpost
This coronavirus will show us things.
Riding on luck to escape the coronavirus
It is ridiculous that the Kenyan government seems very cavalier about the way it’s handling the possibility of the virus coming over for tea.
Mourning Moi
As a late millennial, who became aware of Moi in the waning years of his rule, I think it would be too much for me to be expected to muster any emotional energy to invest in the matter of his death.
On the Shifta War and national determinism
The only natural boundary is the skin. It separates the person from the rest of the world. Anything above that is abstract and malleable.
Arguing with fellow humans
For an argument to work properly, the first condition is that the parties involved must be ready for the loss that necessarily accompanies exchange.
The problem with David Ndii’s marriage analogy
It is true that marriage is a delicate institution, whose beauty and utility derives much from the love and care couples put into it. However, impermanence is not a feature that is meant to define it.