Death is a great leveller. It is no respecter of person, position, race, gender or any other human construct. Death just is. I remember growing up I was surrounded by death before I even knew what it meant. My mom died when I was 4,...
"There's a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean?"Susan Sarandon - Shall We Dance?I haven't written for a while and yes, that's how the majority of my posts start. By now, you know the drill - I'll write something about...
I've been challenged to start writing again. Apparently, I am good at it and should explore it more. Tell me something that I don't know! Seriously though, I really apologise for not being as consistent as I should be on this website. A lot has happened...
There’s never a right time to say goodbye It’s a very ordinary Sunday and the only thing that I’ve done different from all the other Sundays is that I was taken to brunch by a good friend of mine. It was in a new hotel in...
This isn’t a sensational headline, this is not an attempt to shock you into reading another hard hitting opinion piece on race relations, this is me, exhausted, hurting and just fucking tired. I am tired of this never ending war on black people. I am...
I hate flying. I try to keep myself busy. I listen to a lot of music. I plan, I time block, and still, only an hour of this flight is gone. So I always fall back to my in-flight routine. I write. Maybe being in the air...
"Brother I'm a careful, humble, reckless, arrogant, extravagant N**ga probably battlin' with manic depression Man, I think I'm going mad again. It's like I'm happy for a second then I'm sad again And to my fans, the reason I could get to this You're my drug, the instrumental my therapist Dave...
"Good friends we've had, good friends we've lost, along the way. In this bright future you can't forget your pastSo dry your tears I say" Today, more than ever, as I thank you all for all your birthday messages I am probably in a more reflective...
Sometimes you need to remind yourself...
I've always had a great deal of respect for John Allan Namu, I have seen him grow from being a newbie in the Kenyan News scene to perhaps our top investigative journalist. He has always struck me as someone who wants to use his talent...