Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Confessions Of A 21st Century African Girl

My history is intriguing. So am I. My tribe is near extinct, most of my forefathers assimiliated into the Luo tribe of Kenya. My 91 year old grandfather is the last of the Suba speakers in 24 hills back in our rural home.

I am taller and way more big boned than the rest of my family members....including my father, mother and twin brother! The last time my dear grandfather was in the city visiting i sat him down and asked him which relative i took after with this outstanding stature.... To my surprise he chuckled and then proceeded to elabortely describe his late grandmother! She was just as robust, vigorous and alive as I. In times of war the village could count on her fighting alongside her male conterparts, having as many kills if not more than them. Her maternal skills were just as phenomenal, and so were her farming abilities in times of peace.

With the genetics of such a brave, authoritative, confident, bountiful, exuberant, and luxurious woman, should i not then be the ultimate catch in the 21st century? Wrong! I intimidate men with my strengths, startle them with my intelligence, alarm them with my excellent social skills and wear them out with my sexual appetitie. Is there no one who can step up and be man enough to bag me? Am i doomed to an abyss of solitude for all eternity?


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Rebranding Africa

I've had it! We the youth of Africa MUST step up and do our continent justice.

I hereby declare war on poverty, corruption, Malaria, HIV, Tribalism and many other ailments that we in Africa buckle under! Who's with me!!