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Kendi Mwende
My Aunt Ignored My Call, Then Liked My Photo Ten Minutes Later
Sunday night I dropped Mutua at JKIA. He said asante at the curb. Unprompted. Growth. Tuesday evening I called my aunt in Minneapolis to tell her the boy had landed safe. It rang. And rang. And rang. Then voicemail —…
One Rooftop Night in Kilimani Turned My Seattle Cousin Into the Mayor
It is 9 AM on Wednesday and I am writing this from my bed. My head is fine. My notes app ran a marathon. Because last night — one rooftop, Kilimani, a random Tuesday — my cousin Mutua became the Mayor, and I have to t…
Two Years in Seattle and My Cousin Who Grew Up in Matungulu, Machakos Already Talks Like a CNN Anchor
The other day, I sat across from my cousin Mutua at Java, Yaya Centre, and I watched this man order a "ca-fay latte." Ca-fay. With a twang imported directly from see-AAA-tl. Bruh. Two years since you left Buruburu and…