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  • March 30, 2025

Unfinished thoughts: On legacy

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about my purpose and what kind of legacy I am going to leave behind when my time is up. I don’t have an answer. This kind of thought has been coming so often now since December last year when I had a near-death experience that maybe I will…

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  • March 30, 2025
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  • February 11, 2025

Kalam Salaam: Je, fasihi inaweza kubadili dunia?

Je, fasihi inaweza kubadili dunia? Hili ndilo swali lililojadiliwa katika jukwaa la Kalam Salaam, linaloandaliwa na Mkuki na Nyota kila Alhamisi ya kwanza ya mwezi. Kama mdau wa vitabu, usomaji, na fasihi kwa ujumla, nimehudhuria jukwaa hili mara kadhaa. Nilipotafutwa kuwa mmoja wa wajadili mada hii, sikusita kusema ndiyo. Sikusema hivyo kwa sababu nilikuwa na…

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  • February 11, 2025
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  • February 4, 2025

Two Nights at Ruaha National Park

I had been dreaming of visiting Ruaha National Park for a while. By November last year, I decided I had done enough planning—it was time to make it happen. With EveryDay Mbeya’s help, I set my travel dates for December. As the trip approached, excitement washed over me. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but…

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  • February 4, 2025
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  • December 7, 2024

Rainy Days: Then and Now

I’m sitting in the car outside a church, preparing to present films about our work in five districts in Uganda, including Kamuli. We arrived at this location today after driving from Kole yesterday, where we conducted the same activity at a church.  It rained throughout the drive to Kamuli, and today was no exception. It…

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  • December 7, 2024
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Personal: @janeshussa ✨️

I love spending time in bookstores. 💫📚 Walking ar I love spending time in bookstores. 💫📚

Walking around. Picking up books I probably shouldn’t buy. Thinking about all the books I still want to read. 😪

And honestly, I can’t think of a better way to spend a day 📚
a woman with opinions and too many books ☕📚 a woman with opinions and too many books ☕📚
A non-negotiable time for joy 😊 Yes, the waking A non-negotiable time for joy 😊 

Yes, the waking up at 5am sucks... but it is absolutely worth it. ✨️

See that sunrise? We stood there like idiots just staring. 💫
And then a rainbow showed up after some rain like it was an apology 🤣

And reward after the walk? That cup of coffee was well deserved, I kid you not ☕️

And, of course the company ❤️

Slide 3 is my favourite shot this month 😎
This is usually how my off days look lately... tak This is usually how my off days look lately... taking care of the little things that give me joy 😊

#daysoff
Zanzibar 💫 Bits and pieces I loved while there ❤️ Zanzibar 💫

Bits and pieces I loved while there ❤️
I think what unsettled me most about The Stranger I think what unsettled me most about The Stranger is how little Meursault performs for others.

He does not pretend to feel what he does not feel. He does not say things simply because they are expected.

And somehow, that honesty becomes disturbing to everyone around him.

#thestranger
#albertcamus
My review of The Stranger is out in today’s The Ci My review of The Stranger is out in today’s The Citizen.

Perhaps we are more attached to how things should look than we realise. To the right words, the right emotions, the right reactions.

We learn them. We repeat them. And over time, they begin to feel like truth.

And sometimes, we don’t question it.

Also, see a lineup of books I am reading and loving. Between Friends and Lovers has my whole heart ❤️ (review coming soon)
How is ease into my week ☕️💫 . . #handgrinder #co How is ease into my week ☕️💫
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