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Month: April 2022

Nairobi Black

April 20, 2022·   Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

Just over 5 years ago, I needed a black doll for my play that was to show at the Kenya National Theatre. I thought I could walk into any toy …

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What Were We Capable Of?

April 19, 2022·   Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

A student once shared an interesting anecdote about his travel to Rwanda where he noted that the word “genocide” existed only in French translation and none in Kinyarwanda. By this, …

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Lemon-Pepper

April 19, 2022·   Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

I’m parked out at Aldi about to go in and buy lemon-pepper. I open the door but I’m arrested by the story on NPR. About a man in India trying …

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American Belonging

April 19, 2022·   Mkawasi Mcharo Hall

We got there and weren’t sure which of the two houses was the “last on your left” as per instructions we got from our host. They both occupied that same …

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