Yoh, I almost forgot I was a writer, capitalism is choking all talent out of me. But don’t worry mafans, Uncle Ken is back. Yeah, I’m clocking the age where I have more nephews and nieces than I have friends, tumefikiwa. Here’s what we are going to do today, I will give you a drunk man’s advice, and I will then ask you to pay for the advice by buying me beer. Let’s...
If I had more time I would have written a shorter article; I would have had the time to edit it; to trim and cutout the fat. But I don’t have time; I’m a busy man in a very busy world. Allan Watts would say, “We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but a thin hairline between an all...
One of my all time favorite poems is “Song of Lawino” by Okot p’ Bitek. In the poem, Okot captures beautifully how the African culture is eroded in favor for the Europeans’. Published in 1966, the poem is about Lawino who is married to Ocol. Both Lawino and Ocol are from the Acholi tribe (A Luo subtribe) in Uganda. Ocol is educated and has converted to Christianity while...
We’re coming to the end of the year and my creativity is starting to behave like my hairline. So in order to keep the blog going, I’m going to let you into my diary – a place I talk to myself about myself. I will post an entry or two from my diary that I feel can be of value to most, you are free to use that information as you deem relevant. Please note, these are pages written...
Today I’ll just be dishing out random information that you can survive without knowing but are still very interesting. I can just imagine how many of my harlot friends and relatives came here for the cheating part, nevertheless, buckle up. Let’s start here, in the book “Selfish Gene,” there’s a chapter called – battle of the sexes – that describes sexual...
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