Rugby Made in Likoni

It has commonly been stated that football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans while rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen. When I sat down with Titus Mtawa over a conversation one evening, it became apparent that at least for the rugby bit, the saying is not misplaced. At the mention of Likoni, […]

History

Life After Slavery; ‘WaMisheni’ in Rabai

Let us travel back in time, back to the late 1800s. A period of time when Africans still had the scourge of slavery meted out to them, albeit in its dying embers (at least officially). Now picture yourself as a freed slave rescued by British naval officers from a slave ship from Zanzibar on the […]

Lessons from Taita: Mbale’s Sense of Community

My father hails from Moka village – Mbale ward, a hidden gem within Wundanyi constituency, Taita Taveta County. My mother, a Mbale resident by virtue of marriage, says Mbale reminds her of a book she read decades ago, Cry, the Beloved Country. Published in 1948, the book by Alan Paton narrates how the city life in Johannesburg […]

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