Entertainment
Women Who Kill #5: Ava’s Baby
Mummy, I’m feeling cold” Ava rushed to cover her child. It had been raining all afternoon and the pink blanket was not enough. She then tried to pull the plastic sheet over the cot. Her […]
Short Story
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #4: Why?
She had a boyfriend! She could not stop thinking about how her luck had just turned. Walking down Kimathi Street, she could not walk fast enough to get to the hotel to meet her beau. […]
Entertainment
I Blame Her Mother
She was never good enough. She was too fat; too clumsy; too average in school for her mother to take pride in her. When chores were not done to her mother’s liking, she was promptly […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #3: Born to Suffer
Life had become unbearable. It was not always this way though. 16 months ago, Cherie thought she was blissfully married. They lived in a decent three bedroom house with her three children and her husband, […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #2: Pink Is The Colour of Greed
Marianne was a beautiful baby. Everyone agreed. So fat and so round was she, that if babies really did bounce, she would have done so perfectly. She was the first child and the apple of […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #1: Not Like My Mother.
He was a premium customer. She always made sure to serve him. It was so obvious but she did not care. This was the year she was getting a husband. One thing led to another […]
Culture
Date Night
By Amandla Karungi She rolled her sheer black thigh length stockings up her legs and wobbled to the full-length mirror tilted across the wall next to their bed. The shirt she was wearing went down […]
Culture
The Boss’ Daughter
By Amandla Karungi She walked through the front door of our office strutting in as if it was her own. “I hope your sister is not coming too,” I said to her in greeting. “How […]
Family
You Are The Best of Us
By Valerie Waweru About a month ago, I went to visit my grandmother (I really should do it more), the skies decided to open up while we were there, and with it floodgates of memories […]
Lifestyle
Beyond Limits
She was graduating as the best student in her university and she was dyslexic. As if that was not ironic enough, she had grown up in a core village and therefore attended the public primary […]