Tag: women-special

A few months ago, I took my friends’ children to the cinema to watch The Little Mermaid. I’d been planning the outing for two weeks, coordinating with both sets of parents for a day that worked, securing the tickets, and getting the kids all excited for the movie. They sang in the car on the…

The first time my mother told me the name she gave me means love, I cringed. “Ifunanya, so that love can follow you wherever you go and you can bring love to others too.” As a fairly tom-boyish child, this saccharine, odd-sounding name didn’t sit well with me. It took my young mind a while…

The smell of Old Spice aftershave is one-of-a-kind.  You could be dodging thieves and preachers in downtown Nairobi and still notice the smell if you chanced on a whiff of it. It’s not unpleasant, just potent. And I put it on my neck and chin, right under my nose, so I get a heavy dose…

As we engaged in unnecessary platitudes, it hit me; were it not for her distinguished raspy and deep voice, Fartuun would have been unrecognizable to me. Despite her calling me a nickname only privy to my childhood friends, she looked like a stranger. Her dark coffee skin was now artificially fair. She peeled her highly…

I just spent an idyllic three days in Homa Bay County by the shores of Nam Lolwe, eating fresh fried fish caught from the lake every day, and enjoying magical sunsets. I found my hotel through a quick internet search, Victoria Sands Lodge, and confirmed its existence and quality by scouring through pages of google…