BY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI “What does a beard say about a man, Njoki?” “A beard gives a man character. It’s their style. It’s like their, I don’t know, their makeup. A man says something with his beard. That either I’m
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BY MIKE MUTHAKA She never told me her last name, she just told me she was Kate. Kate was my first. It happened on Christmas Eve. I was 18, she was 23. We were neighbors but the idea that I could sleep with her had never occurred to me. Around
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BY MIKE MUTHAKA Turn, by the Wombats. I can’t get this song out of my head. I first heard it on X FM, and I thought, Heavens! I must have this song. I simply must. I couldn’t trust the presenter to say the title afterwards. The song might end then
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BY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI Later, I say to GB, “Let’s play a game.” “I’m listening.” “You’re this villain called Seagurd Bastard, you’re the bad guy. I’m the good guy, the cop, the private investigator. My job is to understand how you think. Or rather, to make you think. I’ll be the
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BY MIKE MUTHAKA I usually watch the World Cup matches with my Old Man. Sometimes he leaves office early so he can catch the 5 p.m. matches. For the night games we brew coffee and we cheer every goal, and we cringe at every miss, and we breathe a sigh
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BY FLORENCE BETT-KINYATTI #1. Why must I complete my undergrad and graduate? Because you want to be that guy who finishes the shit he starts. The guy who sees things through to the bitter end. Ride or die. Uni’s the first space where
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