Dry Season: Lets Catch Beetles
The dry season in Nyandarua was devastating. After harvesting maize, wheat, oats and other late maturing crops in December and January, we did not see rain for another…
Gachogu: The Prankster
Mr. Gachogu was the serious administrator who oversaw the construction of the first classrooms at Munyeki. But he was also the playful headmaster who came to class with…
Women Head The Households
After the declaration of the State of Emergency by the colonists in 1952, a wave that swept a lot of MauMau leaders to detention, including my father, the…
Gikuyu Relatives: A Happy Bunch
But we were so glad to have our Gikuyu relatives for those two weeks, one week prior to the wedding and another week after. They were in no…
Role Models
We all need role models in our lives. Somebody we can look up to. Somebody who is in better circumstances than our current situation. I call them Mirror…