London has fallen, and you’ve got to see it
When I sent the review of London Has Fallen to my editor, she jokingly asked if I was fine. I totally got the joke. …
Women in leadership, remember…
Yesterday, I attended a Women in Leadership workshop hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Chevening Secretariat. First, kudos to the three male scholars who attended. …
Of skills and careers
Yesterday I attended a careers panel where professionals from the media, communications, social research, academia and criminology told us about their work and what not. …
Physically attractive does not greatness make
I have heard several people say that Jesus was not a physically attractive man. In fact I have re-echoed these words to others. But I …
I did not get Open City
I don’t get it! That was my reaction after I got to the last line of Teju Cole’s Open City. What I felt cannot honestly …
Remembering Shwenkuru Musiime
When I was eight years old, I was told that I would be changing schools. However, first, I had to go for an interview. The …
Lessons from a not-so-good day
I was already having a not-so-good day. See, today our shwenkuru aka Kulu went to be with the Lord. Such news gets sadder when you …
The Seventh Housemate
The seventh housemate has gone and made me a violent person in my mind. In a house of seven people, who knew that one, just …
Waiting…
The first time I applied for the Chevening scholarship, it was from a point of desperately going through the motions so that my ‘life …
My Chevening Journey- Part 1
“This is the best news I’ve heard this year.” Music to my ears. That is what hearing my dad say this was. ‘Twas on the …