By Brian Nzomo Majority of the Greek poetics speak of valiant and stoic men. Tragedies, as Aristotle indicated, is a genre of the poetics dedicated to the calamitous deeds that befall man. Like the Joycerian modernist characters, tragedies are unstoppable forces that emanate from the crude errors in a protagonist’s reasoning. Not merely punishment forContinue reading “TROJAN WOMEN (TROIADES) – EURIPIDES”
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‘I AM NOT A BIPHOBE- I JUST HATE BISEXUAL MEN’
By Brian Nzomo Good morning Brian. Two weeks ago, I was exasperated by an episode that has shaken me to the core. Honestly, I cannot dissever myself from the bog of shock and shame and disbelief. Imagine, my boyfriend had the audacity to cheat on me. And deny it with a straight face despite myContinue reading “‘I AM NOT A BIPHOBE- I JUST HATE BISEXUAL MEN’”
THAT JUNGLE
By Wendo wa Manyondo It is one of those hot oppressive days. Wuod Ogola has strolled around the town for several hours; enduring the famous stench of Kangemi’s alleys, and the dustiness of its murram roads. He is looking for a job. Any job. But the quest was proving fruitless… His legs cramped. The toesContinue reading “THAT JUNGLE”
MY EDITING DAYS
By Nikwenda Manyondo Hehe, sometimes I understand why politicians feel distraught when they lose power. You see, power is very sweet. Eei. Having the autonomous right to determine the life of someone. That shiit is addictive I swear. Back in high school, I was the secretary of the Journalism club. So whenever it was timeContinue reading “MY EDITING DAYS”
ARISTOCRATIC FEARS: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN.
By Brian Nzomo PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- JANE AUSTEN (1813) Perhaps Ralph Waldo Emerson was right about the lives of these Englanders of the Recency period. Sterile in imagination, lives pallid with bromidic traditions, the annoying need to mince expressions and repackaging them in an amiable way. I watched a few episodes of Bridgerton. And inContinue reading “ARISTOCRATIC FEARS: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN.”
‘CHOBO NA UA’ THAT LED TO OUR MASSACRE
By Brian Nzomo. There are many things I will live to regret about my childhood and one of those things is once playing a damned game called “chobo na ua”. This was one game not fit for the faint hearted, and I was a faint hearted demure boy. At first I was reluctant to joinContinue reading “‘CHOBO NA UA’ THAT LED TO OUR MASSACRE”
DECENTRALIZATION: A QUEST FOR DETACHMENT FROM AN OPPRESSIVE NUCLEUS
By Brian Nzomo Centralization of power organs, economic factors and social structures sustains the manner in which oppressors can effectively dominate society. Looking back at imperial domination in Africa, one realizes that it was imperative for colonialists to coagulate their presence in selected areas, and parasitically suckle away resources from others. The completion of theContinue reading “DECENTRALIZATION: A QUEST FOR DETACHMENT FROM AN OPPRESSIVE NUCLEUS”
“DIS CONTRII DEY HOT OO”
By Brian Nzomo It is one of those afternoons in Campus, when you’ve got nothing to do. You are sitting calmly at a gazebo shade, enjoying the breeze. Then a girl comes and sits on the adjacent seat. She mumbles a hello. You mumble back one with an ephemeral smile. Then whip out your phoneContinue reading ““DIS CONTRII DEY HOT OO””
SERVING THE GODS
By Brian Nzomo When I took my first breathe, my friends and I were huddled together and bound with an uncomfortable rubber band. I cried out in pain, but my voice was inaudible. The asphyxiation, the stuffiness, motion sickness…”I wonder where they are taking us?” I could not see anything except darkness. I would notContinue reading “SERVING THE GODS”
THE PHYSICS OF STEALING
By Brian Nzomo Stealing is a very complicated act. It infuses in different actors an amalgam of emotions ranging from guilt, mere satisfaction and profound pleasure. Its motives are innumerable; its consequences dependent on, what was stolen? Why was it stolen? And who exactly stole it? In the Mosaic ten commandments, the eighth one condemnsContinue reading “THE PHYSICS OF STEALING”
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