Estate Life

The politics of shared courtyards, water tanks, and WhatsApp groups.

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.

30 Jun

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.