I was never a fan of charity walks. There was something very bourgeois-dressed-in-safari boots about them. The Freedom From Hunger walk used to be the flagship event long before charity walk-a-thons masquerading as marathons and 10K runs became the norm. But to be fair, not all walks are created equal. Walking for a good cause…
Month: June 2015
Of Monica Juma And The Cult Of Money
There has been a trending international story of a white American woman, who faked her racial identity passing for black for years, until her parents blew her cover recently. Black America got incensed to no end and it set off a prolonged media debate about race and identity in the US. I find the story…
What Is Funny About A Woman Chopping Off A Man’s Penis?
Two men had their penises chopped off in Nyeri county in under a week in a harrowing episode of domestic violence. In the first case, a married woman reportedly turned on her husband after he reappeared after a two-day disappearing act, empty handed save for a pocket stashed with condoms and drunk. The next incident…