The Pavement Sacco
When Nairobi’s CBD is sealed without warning, stranded commuters outside Archives invent a pavement Sacco of waiting stones, exact fare, and public urgency.
All stories
Every story in one place, newest first.
The Purple Stamp
At a Nairobi school gate, a boy watches his mother turn love into paperwork at the fee-verification desk. A tender-wry story about school fees, dignity, and the purple stamp that lets a child back into class.
The Minister of Water
A Nairobi estate loses water and accidentally forms a government. At the edge of the courtyard, a salonist with hidden drums learns what a private reserve costs in public.
Auction Day for the Repossessed Boda
A proud boda rider tries to buy back his repossessed bike at auction, but the real debt is the story he made everyone carry for him.
The Bird That Knew About Rent
When Kamau’s noisy balcony birds start repeating an estate’s secrets, everyone wants them gone — until silence reveals its own cost.
Mzee Jamo's garage
Most mechanics dismantle your car so you can't leave. Mzee Jamo doesn't do that.
The puddle in Bangsar
Bukit Bintang at night is a fever dream of neon lights, the smell of diesel and satay, and the constant hum of people who don't know where they are going but are determined to get there.
The philosophy of nyama choma
There are things you can only say over nyama choma. Not because the conversation requires meat. But because the ritual demands a certain kind of time.
The geometry of Nairobi mornings
There is a geometry to Nairobi mornings that nobody talks about. The matatu routes form a web across the city.
Forty in Bali
I feel like a 25-year-old who has been wearing a heavy coat for fifteen years and is finally taking it off.