Sometimes, you can just hop in the back of someone's cab and tell them what they're supposed to do. Other times, you have to let him look out at the ocean for a while. - Jacob, Lost Season 6 Zuqka's feature on MamaJunkYard is the literal equivalent of hopping into my cab and … [Read more...]
You Talking To Me?
I love to talk. I talk a lot. I have been called a chatter-box by more than one family member. Anyone who went to school in Kenya is familiar with the noisemakers list; a list of the names of any student who dared to speak in class while the teacher was out of the room. The … [Read more...]
Don’t Tell Me Who I am
Growing up and living as a Kenyan abroad you get accustomed to people asking the most ridiculous questions about your country of origin. I have on one occasion been asked if I know someone called John, because apparently John was in Kenya. No hang on, John was in Ghana but what … [Read more...]
Signs of Home
For most people in Abuja the sign below is nothing more than one of Abuja's many street signs. For me (and indeed anyone else who speaks Kiswahili) two of the places mentioned instantly stand out: Nyanya is the Kiswahili word for grandmother and tomato ( I have never … [Read more...]
When I grow up I want to be a Kano Donkey
I don’t really want to be transformed into a four legged braying work animal but I have recently learned that there is Hausa phrase for foreigners who are fluent in Hausa; this being, “Ya iya Hausa kamar jakin Kano†which literatly translates to "he speaks Hausa like a Kano … [Read more...]
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