Sometimes we fail our friends because we think we are protecting them.
Category: Musings & Rants
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The Painful Journey of Reuniting with my ‘Frenemy’
This is the story of my suffering from depression in a non-depressing way. Let us learn to listen to our friends, relatives and colleagues. We might be the source of their peace of mind and we could help them to get out of depression.
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The Killing Power of Words
Many bartenders are better listeners than men of the cloth.
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Bleeding through the Pen: Fears of a Pained Soul
Should we wait to be buried with our thoughts? Or for our thoughts to bury us?
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No One—Not Anything—Needs a Name
Why would we reject names by a colonial namer and accept those of a neo-colonial one? Why would we sanitise the heathenness of misnaming on racial lines?
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Declining Literary Standards are not Exclusive to Kiswahili
How do we inspire a reading and writing culture in a language that at best invokes negativity in the generation we hope to contribute to the language’s robustness?
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Je, Fasihi ya Kiswahili Inakufa?
Kauli kali na tata aliyotoa mshairi mheshimiwa Taban Lo Liyong miaka ya sitini kuwa Afrika Mashariki ni ‘jangwa kifasihi’ imetawala mijadala nyingi kuhusu uwezo wa Mwafrika kubuni sanaa. Mjadala ufuatao wa wapenzi wa fasihi ya Kiswahili ulianzishwa na malalamiko ya Papa Were kuwa ukiritimba umekithiri fasihi ya Kiswahili. Ni mjadala unaofaa kuendelezwa na zaidi ya...