Wanjiku’s Eye

Heeey Faam! We are family right? Friends that became family, right? Family is just not blood , you dig? So we are going to do a thing that families do. Let it be known i consider you my siblings by extension. You see how you have a fight with your siblings and then go quiet for a while and bounce back with no formal apologies? You find a common thing to laugh about and the beef is gone, that's what family is. I am well aware i deserted you for a while, didn't pop up for Valentines even. As the self proclaimed creative I  am becoming, i went up to Himalayas for creative inspiration. Now who would be mad at a girl who has spent her mornings running for kilometres up the mountains seeking to be at peace within herself? The sunrise has been finding me on my yoga mat channeling the creative genius within all for you. Whether this happened in my daydreaming or is a deep desire of mine is absolutely irrelevant to the course here. You recall me mentioning that this is basically an elit...

  Just hold that thought right there. I know what came to your mind the moment you read that title. I can bet you already have an image of Mitchelle Obama in her plum- colored  turtleneck, wide legged trousers and the matching over-coat. I also know that you have chosen to remember the snatched waist with the gold circle buckle and the curls on her hair over the seemingly handsome man who is holding her hand. That alone says everything you need to know about human beings.   We are getting to Mitchelle in a minute but what good would I be if I did not give you unrelated deep captions for your Instagram posts? If you thought mantras of personal power and affirmations came with the introduction of Facebook and evolved to Whatsapp then made their way home to Instagram, you could never be further from the truth. According to Pausanias, a Greek traveler and geographer, the words 'Know thyself ' (gnothi seauton) were inscribed in the forecourt at the temple of Apo...

  The literary brilliance of Shakespeare's play, that has for centuries maintained popularity as the greatest love story, is undoubtedly profound. Julia here however begs to disagree with Juliet's words above. As an ardent student of Prof. Ben Sihanya ( who confidently refers to himself as the oracle shrine of wisdom), I was convinced that there is so much more to a name from our lessons on trademark. This took several weeks of sitting through long lecturers that always fell on the afternoons. You already know how the afternoon heat and a full stomach work against keeping eyes open. I however hope to persuade you to join my school of thought shortly and in a more exciting journey. I am Wanjiku. Wanjiku was one of the nine daughters of Gikuyu and Mumbi. She is believed to be the mother of the Agaciku Clan of the Agikuyu tribe in Kenya. This is to let you know that i am a proud daughter of the African soil, an afro-optimist who believes in the resilience and potential of our grea...