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Tag: Kenya

KTN Performance and Interview, Life N Style Artistic Tuesdays.

Posted on November 24, 2022 By rayawambui No Comments on KTN Performance and Interview, Life N Style Artistic Tuesdays.
KTN Performance and Interview, Life N Style Artistic Tuesdays.

If you were to only watch one of my interviews, ever, this is the one. Karibu

Poetry, Video

And Back Again

Posted on November 19, 2022 By rayawambui 3 Comments on And Back Again
And Back Again

…the ever present threat that brought me is not over.

I beg to excuse myself, to the bathroom, to check my phone.

Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands

A Comfy Spot To Sleep In.

Posted on January 8, 2020 By rayawambui No Comments on A Comfy Spot To Sleep In.
A Comfy Spot To Sleep In.

When I get off the bike a conclave of touts pounce around me. I hold my stance, they posture but don’t push or pull me. The odd thing, though not unusual, is that there are only two cars there, one bus or jav and one minivan; matatu.

Journaling, Kenyan Mind

Resist

Posted on November 13, 2017 By rayawambui No Comments on Resist

Buy based on principles, thereby effecting influence, where it is most likely to cause attention.

Journaling, Kenyan Mind

Baba

Posted on July 25, 2017 By rayawambui 3 Comments on Baba

…she still remembers how handsome you were.

She remembers you with a full smile, and she gave us all her strong teeth.

Kenyan Mind, Poetry

Whats happening with Meena?

Posted on December 2, 2016 By rayawambui 1 Comment on Whats happening with Meena?

It would be irresponsible to interfere with an ongoing court case, so I wouldn’t want to do that.

Journaling, Kenyan Mind, Malindi Mentions, Woman in the Two Thousands

Proud Roots

Posted on July 6, 2016 By rayawambui No Comments on Proud Roots

Sometimes, when I dream,
I wake up as nothing short of
A Proud African Woman.

But, I’ve always been short.

And I can’t paint my skin…

Kenyan Mind, Poetry

Night Terrors

Posted on June 10, 2016 By rayawambui 1 Comment on Night Terrors

…we were all told not to speak of it.
But in the night, these memories haunt, lips sealed, we see each other different.

Kenyan Mind, Poetry

As She Should Be

Posted on December 2, 2015 By rayawambui 5 Comments on As She Should Be
As She Should Be

it should be more,
than a dream,
That our great great great
Grandchildren
Get to be
On an Earth, that is still
 

Beautiful.

As She Should Be.

Kenyan Mind, Poetry

But, That’s Not What They Were Fighting For

Posted on August 25, 2015 By rayawambui 1 Comment on But, That’s Not What They Were Fighting For

with their husbands names,
hidden under their teeth…

Kenyan Mind, Poetry, Woman in the Two Thousands
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