Published inGay Mag·Aug 20, 2019Member-onlyHashtag Jacaranda PropagandaThe colonial history of one tree in Kenya being reclaimed as our own — When the British left Kenya at the end of their colonial rule of the country, one of the things they left us was the gift of the jacaranda tree. Growing up in Kisumu, a city in the Western part of Kenya, we would see them, these jacarandas, blooming in hues…Kenya11 min readKenya11 min read
Published inGay Mag·May 15, 2019Member-onlyHow to Outfox a Fox— Short Fiction — — 1. How to talk to a fox My grandfather was always telling us how he had climbed Kilimanjaro in his twenties. He would stop midway through swirling his ugali through his stew and declare that none of us had ever known real cold. “We got to the base camp, and once there, none of us showered.“ His…Family14 min readFamily14 min read
