Gospel Is the New Crunk
It’s really popular to be a gospel artist in Kenya these days; where you’d normally have heard gangster rap or crunk music coming from Nairobi matatus, now it’s not uncommon to hear songs praising Mungu (God). I have never liked gospel, but some of these tunes honestly sound like something a DJ would spin at [...]
Mormons in Kenya
There’s something with Mormons in Kenya that I haven’t quite figured out. I don’t know how big their following is in Kenya, but I always see them walking around Uthiru where I work. Maybe it’s an isolated thing… The funny thing isn’t the Mormons really, it’s the fact that there is always a balance between [...]
I Don’t Say “Amen!”
I was just riding the matatu to work when an mlevi (drunkard) got on the bus. As soon as he saw me he started shouting, “America!” and then something indistinguishable about Jesus. I don’t know if it was in English or Swahili because he was slurring. By now he had put his teddy bear in [...]
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