Book Review: The last brother by Nathacha Appanah
Synopsis: Raj is oblivious to the Second World War being fought beyond his tiny exotic island. His mother is his sole company while his father works as a prison guard, so the boy thinks...
Author: Muuka
10 things that make me happy
It’s been hard to see through the fog of tiredness this week. I keep thinking about sleep, and all the administration things I have to do around my own life in the three hours...
Book review: The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas
Synopsis: Mee Ali has good reason to be thankful; she has is happy marriage. For some in her village, marriage turns out to be a loveless entrapment. Young Kauna defies convention by making no...
Netflix tag 2017
It’s been a while since I wrote a post, lots of things going on furiously in the background, and I just haven’t been able to string a coherent thought together for the past two...
Slugs and snails and walking in fear of my sanity
It’s fair to say that the kids have broken me. Why on earth I thought two night owls would have children who went to bed early, I have no idea. None at all. They are as...
Book Review: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Synopsis: She left home for the stars, but found more adventure than she bargained for. A tense and intimate coming of age story in space. Her name is Binti, and she is the first...
On wearing sensible shoes to work
So today is day two in my new job, and I’m having to rethink my shoe wear. Where we lived before, for the last eight years, I was a maximum of one minute away...
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