Latest arts stories from across Kenya.
This is the story of a modern Cinderella. Zawadi is the daughter of a wealthy man, but she is the maid. Her stepmother takes advantage of the fact that her father is not in the country to mistreat her. Here is where the story starts Sexy…
Zawadi is a maid in the city working for a rich family. But she is not just the maid, she is the illegitimate daughter of the diplomat who is the head of the household. Find the beginning of the story here. 20 years ago Zawadi’s mum was…
Zawadi hummed in the kitchen. She removed the spaghetti from the cooker and drained it. She checked on the chicken she was frying, it was coming along well. It would be done in a few minutes. Zawadi danced around the kitchen. There was…
Do you ever sit down and wonder how much you know about yourself? I am a very introspective person. However, each time I learn and discover something about myself, I also wonder whether I am feeding on the right narrative. Before we get…
The girl was spiteful and she didn’t know it or did she? I met Jolene during the second week after joining campus. We hit it off mainly because we liked the same thing. We were also both pretty and light-skinned. Before Jolene, I had never…
Fifteen years ago, Anita made the best and worst decisions of her life. The best, because she would be living the life she had dreamed of from her childhood. It was the only thing she had been completely certain of from the very beginning.…
Growing up, Alicia’s biggest fear was being misunderstood. For as long as she could remember, she always tried to play it safe with the people around her. She tried to remain neutral in most conversations and never to give off strong…
If the title, colours, and cover of this book don’t fascinate you, then I don’t even know what to say. As a person who is literally addicted to self-help books, this was one transformational book in my journey of personal growth. It was…
We were both intoxicated when I first met Jesse. He was dark, but not too dark. He had a small afro that was well combed and was taller than me. Now when I think about it, I had very low standards back then. All you had to do was to be…
I’m seated at home on a Friday evening. It has been an intense week and all I can think of is resting. My friends have called me several times asking me to go drink with them but I’ve turned them all down. I just want to be alone. The…
“Good evening lovely people!” Charlie shouted as the audience cheered as loud as they possibly could. “How are you all doing? To start us off I’d just like to say thank you for your never-ending support. Here’s a song I wrote when I was a…
Bianca and Bob had the most wonderful love story. Theirs was a story that proved the theory that love is blind. The universe brought them together from opposite ends of the earth and together they created something beautiful. Everyone who…
I have always had a type; tall, chocolate-coloured and intelligent. Those are the kind of girls I’m attracted to. Not to say that other girls aren’t pretty but this is just my preference, and I can’t think of it any other way. Most of the…
In the outskirts of a popular town called Shalla, there lived a man who could prophesy the future. His name was Moussa, and he was about 50 years of age. Media houses had tried to cover him on Television and radio but as soon as the…
In the heart of The Central Business District, sandwiched between two major highways, is a yellowish vintage building that seems to have been painted last in the 1900s. The structure of the building is quite aesthetically pleasing if you…
My friend and I had been invited to a birthday party when we were in campus. The host of the party was a popular figure around campus so we knew it was going to be a huge event. It was an invite-only party so no gate crashers were being…
My search history tabs were always cleared without fail. I would literally jump out of bed in the middle of the night when my anxiety reminded me that someone might snoop around and meet the ghosts that haunted me. I was always on my toes,…
I had never ever experienced someone else’s pain until I found my brother kneeling on the floor crying his heart out. It was unbelievable, I had never seen Alvin shed a tear in my 22 years of living. Yet here he was, looking defeated,…
Sammy, a friend of mine from Primary school, called me last week to invite me to his wedding. He wanted us to meet so he could personally hand me the invitation card and we could catch up over a happy hour. Immediately after finishing our…
Leila has it all, the dream job she wanted and the kind of life she always wanted. But her past comes back to haunt her in the worst way. They have a new boss and the boss is her ex who broke her heart and humiliated her by making another…
“Girl, have you seen our new boss?” My friend Maggie half-whispered, half-shouted leaning over my desk and holding her coffee. It was nearly eleven-thirty and I was nowhere near done with my morning schedule. I didn’t have time for her…
It was 6 o’clock when Susan left her friend Shiku’s house to go home. It had been a great Saturday afternoon hanging out, finishing their math homework and talking about their crushes. At 16, their list of crushes was long and they spent…
Sheila has always been a free spirit; adventurous at heart. Very little fazed her. Sometimes this would make her stand out in our crowd of friends as people expressed their distaste or dissatisfaction with a certain topic. To her, as long…
I opened this book with very high expectations and I am pleased to say that it exceeded my expectations. In fact, I was disappointed that no one thought to point me towards this book earlier. This beautiful classic was written in 1979 by a…
