The Age of Self Love

My daughter was just over a year when she took her first selfie. It was an accident. She was playing with the camera when it ‘clicked’ and out came a photo. When she saw the image, she was thrilled! It was as if she was looking at herself for the first time. She stared at

Civilising Culture

This is my second stint as a Kenyan immigrant, and Nairobi resident.The first was at the turn of the millennium, when the government and businesses were concentrated in the central business district, the Florida nightclub occupied a spaceship-like structure above a petrol station and most foreign news agencies were based in the Press Centre, a

Instameets: A New Way of Photographing Nairobi

I attended an Instameet after my curiosity was piqued on seeing a thread of interesting shots on my Instagram feed. It was a new thing and the photos were interesting and different. I turned up to the allocated spot in Nairobi’s CBD, surrounded by about 30 strangers…

Demolishing Desai

As an arduous, eight-year court battle over an historic Parklands home winds towards conclusion, deep questions of systemic institutional breakdown, corruption and land grabbing persist.

Nairobi Sextapes : A Study in Kink

So what happens when you’re actually interested in BDSM but have no opportunity to discuss it freely? Where do you even meet these people who won’t hiss and throw holy water in your face?

UP Community Lion’s Den Opportunity

Japan has its Tigers, United Kingdom has its Dragons, America has its Sharks and now Kenya’s Lions are coming in September 2016. Grab the opportunity to be part it!

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