March 8 is International Women’s Day, so I’m celebrating a remarkable woman with this post: my great-grandmother, Nyar Nyanjong’. I’ve been thinking about her lately, chiefly because I realized I’m becoming like her in some ways. One of the things I discovered about her near the end of her life was that she loved to…
Category: wo.men
Luanda Magere: Alternate Ending*
Luanda thrust his spear left and right, felling men like young trees. After all the battles he had led and won against the Lang’o in his few years as a warrior, he couldn’t believe how often Jolang’o attacked them. Arrows and spears glanced off Luanda’s body. His skin was as impenetrable as rock. He never…
The Healing Power of Women
Happy International Women’s Day! I first heard of IWD years back when I was completing an internship with a national newspaper in Kenya. During the 2nd week of my internship I was dispatched to the British Council offices in Nairobi to cover the events of the day, which included the screening of videos about the…
Minda Magero 