On Saturday, 7 August 2019, together with a fellow Tanzanian writer, Justine Kakoko, we held a book launch event for my bilingual book ‘Jai The Albino Cow: Jai Ng’ombe Zeruzeru‘ in Sumbawanga, Tanzania. The event was attended by thirty-three children. Mostly were from Katandala Orphanage Center and some from the neighborhood. The day’s program began…
My eyes weighed with grieve; like a sinking stone in water, I sat down to weep by the river. What would be of those tears once downstream in the ocean? Will the heart feel cleansed? I saw the ocean swelling upriver cutting through the belly of trash wishing it were the mountain snow. Downriver the…
Nobody is lonelier than death dwelling among the living watching them tell truths and myths, listening to their laughter and tears, because speaking is life taking. Nobody is lonelier than death talked about but cannot respond swore at and cursed upon with hate, anger, and sorrow, unless it’s time to push the daisies up. Nobody…
Distinguished citizens of the Earth. On behalf of the hills and valleys, mountains and glaciers, animals and plants, deserts and oceans, rocks and silts, the core and atmosphere, I pass on their greetings to you. From the moment of creation we have wandered and acted freely on Earth. We owe our being to Earth. The…
Cleanse your miseries from winter abroad. Caress your feet with sands of Pangani. Wash your exhaustion with palm breezes. Radiate your skin through salty encounters. Bathe your tongue with coconut water. Play seek and hide with hermit crabs. Ornate your pride with a seaweed necklace. Purify your being with shells collection. At night look up…
Cleanse your miseries from winter abroad. Caress your feet with sands of Pangani. Wash your exhaustion with palm breezes. Radiate your skin through salty encounters. Bathe your tongue with coconut water. Play seek and hide with hermit crabs. Ornate your pride with a seaweed necklace. Purify your being with shells collection. At night look up…
Like any writer, my wish is to inspire people. My medium includes stories and poems. Sometimes, that is not enough. Maybe you too are struggling with the same sentiments. Are words enough? One might ask, have I considered making speeches? I dislike public appearances, and wouldn’t enjoy turning my writing into a motivational speech. But…
Distinguished citizens of the Earth. On behalf of the hills and valleys, mountains and glaciers, animals and plants, deserts and oceans, rocks and silts, the core and atmosphere, I pass on their greetings to you. From the moment of creation we have wandered and acted freely on Earth. We owe our being to Earth. The…
Nobody is lonelier than deathdwelling among the livingwatching them tell truths and myths,listening to their laughter and tears,because speaking is life taking. Nobody is lonelier than deathtalked about but cannot respondswore at and cursed uponwith hate, anger, and sorrow,unless it’s time to push the daisies up. Nobody is lonelier than deathlacking choices to give the…
My eyes weighed with grieve; like a sinking stone in water, I sat down to weep by the river. What would be of those tears once downstream in the ocean? Will the heart feel cleansed? I saw the ocean swelling upriver cutting through the belly of trash wishing it were the mountain snow. Downriver the…