This morning I noticed the fruit trees in the picture for the first time ( an apple tree in flower and a citrus fruit tree, I figured it is a lime tree). I had never seen these trees before, yet I walk here almost every day. It is not the first time I am noticing […]
Mwenzako Akinyolewa Chako Tia Maji
Rereading Genesis chapter 1 Leadership, Maintenance, and Genesis: Lessons from an Engineer’s Lens Every system be it a machine, a nation, or a soul requires maintenance. When we ignore that truth, things fall apart. Recent events in our region remind us that no society is immune and if Tanzanians have been under any illusions about […]
“Sekensigha!” Don’t leave me.
As I contemplate the challenges one faces in any Bounce Back today, there is a Taita expression that keeps on coming to my mind; sekensigha (do not leave me). It is a special expression because it reminds me of my mother. I remember it because it intrigued me when I first heard her and a […]
Books I read in March & the Reflections they Evoked
Today morning as I settled down to write about the African/Black writers’ books I read in March, I got a curious phone call. The man on the line, who seemed to be in a very noisy place, from the shouting in the background, announced to me that he was calling me from the auspicious Royal […]




