Last night, I was looking at my LinkedIn page and stumbled upon some of my old writing. I used to have a blog called dailylifetalk.com. I closed it down years ago, but some of my pieces still live here. Rereading them felt like opening an old notebook, one filled with the kind of honesty that…
There’s something beautiful about slowing down enough to notice what’s around you. When you do, you begin to see how much joy exists in the in-between. Most of the time, we are too busy to notice. We rush past what is right beside us. We overlook things. Especially the small things – which, I’ve found,…
Last week, Tanzania’s medical community witnessed a historic moment, not the unveiling of a groundbreaking drug, but the launch of a profoundly human story. Living with Cancer, written by Prof. Mark Mwandosya, published by Mkuki na Nyota, is not just a memoir; it is a personal diary of his battle with cancer since 2011, when…
Theft is my second read from Abdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature winner. My first was Paradise, which I enjoyed, especially for its poetic language. I’ve come to learn that Gurnah’s writing is a slow burn. It’s for readers who don’t mind taking their time, knowing that the final pages will tie everything…
