PinnedNine Years of SeasonsIt’s been nine years. Nine years today since I got diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, October is a month…Oct 27, 2024Oct 27, 2024
Lights, Camera and GratitudeThe Goethe Institut auditorium has been a generous host to me. In 2011, it ushered me into the world of film festival programming, and in…Mar 11Mar 11
THANK YOU, GEN Zs, FOR MASHUJAA WEEKIt took a while to fall asleep last night because images of the Gen Zs protesting in Nairobi and from across the country kept me awake. My…Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024
This Healing Love“Grief is love that has no place to go.” I woke up to those words this morning, and the pain in my heart resurfaced, and I cried. It was an…Mar 15, 20241Mar 15, 20241
Ready for the baton?“You can’t be 50 and still be adulting,” I thought. I asked myself whether my parents’ generation had a term similar to adulting or if they…Jan 21, 2024Jan 21, 2024
Still smilingIt was around this time eight years ago I was diagnosed with the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma. My life has never been the same since. The…Oct 30, 20231Oct 30, 20231
When Truth Sets You Free.As a teenager, I wore a mask. I was also always surrounded by friends, yet many times I felt alone. I didn’t think others like me harboured…Apr 23, 20232Apr 23, 20232
A new every dayI had forgotten that every day is a milestone; you don’t have to live with cancer to recognise that. I have been reminded that every day is…Dec 6, 20227Dec 6, 20227
Food and Blood.“Perhaps the secret to growing from our wounds is to live close to the earth to live with our hearts and minds and bellies in touch- both…Jun 9, 2022Jun 9, 2022