Word Underground - Stories & Say-So

Waterways

March 17, 2024· Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

In high school, if you pursued the arts path you had a choice between Geography and History. Those of us who went with Geography got the benefit of some pretty …

Study War

March 11, 2024· Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

I’ve never been in a war situation. Never woken to the sound of bombs and wailing of mothers and the wretched rage of men left with absolutely nothing to show …

Sílé / The Debt

February 25, 2024· Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

Part I: Mama gathers up her handbag and says- We are going to jumuiya. So I hold onto her skirts and skip along. I am 5 all over again and …

The Duka

January 10, 2024· Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

Tailor 1- Towards the end of 2023, I was the women with the bag of clothes for mending being rejected by all the village tailors. They were too busy with …