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The book of Joy

BY MIKE MUTHAKA  “We create. We’re actually gods. We build cities. We design. We do art. We can shape the world.” Joy Wangu Munge, 22, smells like cherry blossom perfume. She’s had a long week. She’s a

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Our beautiful vaginas

BY BETT KINYATTI I’m in Westy getting waxed. I’m getting a Hollywood bikini and armpits wax. Oh, plus an eyebrow tweeze and a pedicure. I don’t know about you but I get awfully

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The moment of Patoh Njuguna

BY MIKE MUTHAKA  On December 3rd 2016, after six years of courtship, at Blessed Sacrament Church, Buruburu–in front of friends and family—Patrick Njuguna, alias Patoh, wed Mary Rita Njoki. He was only

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The turbulent millenial

BY MIKE MUTHAKA In the last 36 hours I’ve taken about 10 mugs of water with lemon, ginger and honey. I have a flu, a flu that makes me lazy and woozy. I rarely get flu. My head feels like a vessel of mucus. On Monday I bent down to

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Tuesday

BY BETT KINYATTI Nostalgia is a feeling Nyama Mama has turned into something you can hold in your hands. They’ve turned it into an

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The wet rug. (And other stories from our kitchen)

BY MIKE MUTHAKA Felista’s Rug I knew there was something odd about Felista the moment I saw her. She had a slumbering fire in her eyes. If this was ‘How I Met Your Mother’, I’d say Felista had the crazy eyes. She was 19, tall, with high cheekbones that were

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