You've got to wonder what sort of somersaults the Mentalist's brain was performing as he addressed this envelope. What of our postman, who for years has always known me as Ms. W Kihoro? I am almost certain that as he shoved the A4 envelope through the letterbox he … [Read more...]
Free Alaa
Inspired by Mshairi's poetry and MentalAcrobatics' lyric swapping skills and with apologies to Grace Nichols for altering the text of her poem Of Course When They Ask for Poems About the 'Realities' of Black Women, I join fellow bloggers in the google-bombing for Alaa … [Read more...]
History repeated
In an article entitled Honour Amongst Thieves Guardian columnist Philip Hensher offers an interesting argument in favour of Western nations keeping hold of historical artifacts and national treasures that rightfully belong to African nations. Using Sudan as an example he states … [Read more...]
KayBees 2006
The nominations have been announced and a full list is available over at the KayBees blog. A big thank you to everyone who nominated and an even bigger thank you to all those who contributed to MamaJunkYard's nomination in the following categories: Trailblazer Award An … [Read more...]
Jipoxers
Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes. Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina … [Read more...]
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