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All the ICEMEN turning up for Logic on the Lawn this Madaraka Day. Purchase tickets here: qwanibok.hustlesasa.shop/products/69ecc…

I’m Mamba a thread artist based in Kenya here are some of my work hope you love them,thank you ,I appreciate so much 🥹❤️

Just got globally ranked on substack 🤩

Of Beauty. Women are not in a hierarchy based on their beauty. You cannot consider yourself better than another woman based on your beauty. It implies that the ultimate destination is to be a man's choice. So nitaimba tu song juu ni catchy but i don't believe that propaganda

I feel cognitive dissonance as a feminist when I listen to music with lyrics along the lines of: "I'm prettier than your new girl/She could never be me." and all other iterations. I mean it's honest; we've all had that thought. But it plays right into the patriarchal structure-

But seriously, if you're not bringing your girlfriend(s) to this thing,do you even love them? 🗓️May 29th 🕒5-7 PM 📍McMillan Library 🎤 Meran 🎫200 KES

Whoever came up with the phrase cheap is expensive certainly never fueled at Astrol Petrol Station. 1. It is 100% Kenyan, founded in 2000 by the late Thayu Kamal Kabugi and is now run by the son, James Mwangi. 2. They not only own the land their stations are built on to cut costs but also manage their stations directly rather than franchising. 3. Their fuel contains a high 91 PON rating, which is higher than the premium fuels around, including V-Power. 4. They are not only 2 - 7 shillings cheaper but also never hoard fuel whenever there are shortages. We don’t appreciate such companies enough

Kenyan Exceptionalism. Again. You think France won't do to you what it has done to every other African country. You're different, better. You know how to deal with Europeans. You're the first Black republic France will respect. Everyone else they colonise; you they develop. OK.

Apart from Simone de Beauvoir how many Female philosophers can you name? Trick question, because we know you'll ask grok anyway. How many African female can you name? This is the topic for our MAY discussion. Purpose to attend.

@KillaLando @waweru 💯 The Swahili proverb ‘Mgala mmue lakini haki yake mpe’ applies. Alliance Francais (and Goethe Institute) have been so instrumental in supporting arts and culture.

Kenya is truly an amazing country. Never has a (purportedly) sovereign nation taken such pride, not in just being an imperial outpost, but being a regent of an Empire in which they have zero stake other than the emperor's avuncular gaze. What a time to be alive.

There's a deep contempt that a lot of former poor people have for the poor. In them, they see their old hunger, old helplessness, old humiliations. That contempt is them shouting, 'I am not that person anymore'

All my Kileleshwa rappers can now rap about the Feds fr fr

In which language will our freedom be articulated? - @Nanjala1 at @nbolitfest

@AbigailArunga @african_spinach @Nanjala1 @nbolitfest mmm I wrote that one down too. Something to think about.

Kenya is the only place in Africa where the leader a European imperial power can have the temerity to stand up and call himself a Pan Africanist. #jiheshimuuheshimiwe #yesmassa

@african_spinach @nbolitfest not to mention the works they quote in conversation!

@jean_archived @nbolitfest every panelist has like 5+ works to their name, crazy.

Was at @nbolitfest for the weekend. My favourite part about Lit fests is leaving with a reading list fuller than my bank account. But my heart is full. Till next time!

I haven't used MPESA this week. All thanks to that new app. I couldn't have done it without you, @SafaricomPLC! ♥️♥️🎉🎉♥️♥️