This is week 13 of freelance. I am loving every bit of it. I have grown in more ways than one. There have been a number of bumps on the way. Annoying landlords, some disappointments on jobs here and there, but I am still standing.
I am fired up and ready to go. I realized that some entries back I mentioned that I would keep you all posted on what I was reading. I am still reading a book every week. I was reading a book called Racism in America; Opposing View points. The book touches on several things from education, wealth distribution, culture and other issues affecting races in America. Mostly minority races in America; from the Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans and Asians.
Every chapter literally contains different topics. And each topic has several view points, each more convincing than the other. It is hard to tell whether one race brings problems on itself versus the state propagating the agenda of one race. It is the kind of read that jogs your mind. It makes you ask questions and you begin to contextualize it to the Kenyan setting.
After my trip to Isiolo which opened my eyes to divergent realities within the same borders. Kenyan Cushites have bore the brunt of so much alienation and mistreatment. It pains me. And what scares is that the more I dig up information, the more I realize that Kenya is made up of different worlds.
There is the cosmopolitan capital with several urban cultures. These cultures are completely surreal and only imaginative to people in the North of this country. We complain about traffic jams while others complain about not having any roads at all.
Living in Nairobi almost feels like a privilege once you have been to other parts of this country. I in tend to go back to Isiolo and hopefully all the way up to Moyale, Turkana and Mandera. In the mean time; you can read my latest piece. Feel free to comment. http://www.globalpressinstitute.org/global-news/africa/kenya/victims-testify-about-rape-murder-kenya%E2%80%99s-post-independence-concentration-c
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