I hope that one day, You’ll not stay online Because you’ve seen him online Staring at that blue tick Soaking your pillows Waiting for a text That never comes. …
Hope by Shera Muthoni
He carries hope, I mean, other than Hope, his wife, Hope that someday, his marriage illegal, He was finally going to exchange her for goats. He carries Hope, The…
Here I am by Maina Ann Njeri
Staring at the moon, From this dark room, Waiting for this kind of light, To brighten up my life. It’s okay not to be okay, Life happens so we say,…
Coffee and Cookie by Shera Muthoni
Two Cs in a pond, Born and raised in different grounding, Cookie’s daddy, Sugar. Sweet, her mama, Coffee, roasted for taste, but still a little harsh. Two Cs in…
A Conversation with Hassan Kassim
Hassan Kassim is a Mombasa-based Creative non-fiction writer; longlisted in 2020 for the Toyin Falola Prize, a participant in the Penpen residency program by African Writers Development Trust in conjuction…
A Conversation with Victoria Wangui
Victoria Wangui is the conservationist who writes. On the 4th of February 2021, Vicky sat with Nyasili Atwetwe for a conversation. NYASILI: Welcome Victoria VIKI WANGUI: Thank you, Nyasili. It is…
A Conversation with Donreed Murila
Donreed Murila goes by the penname FAINT PAINT KE. He sat down with Nyasili Atetwe on 11th of February 2021 and here is things went down. NYASILI: Karibu sana Murila,…
A Conversation between Esther Syombua
On 18th February 2020, Esther Syombua sat down with Nyasili Atetwe and they talked stuff writing. NYASILI: Welcome Esther Syombua, how are you? SYOMBUA: Thank you Nyasili NYASILI: I am…
A Conversation with Jeruto Hildah
On November 4th 2020 Nyasili Atetwe interviewed Jeruto Hildah on WSA Whatsapp Group Jeruto Hilda is a poetess, an Education Arts student (English and Literature) at Kabarak University. She loves…
People and Things by Brainy O’Bee
What we really wanted to become, and who we are now are worlds apart. If you had told the 10-year-old me that I will one day become a writer, that…