Aleya

@keguro.bsky.social are your Raat ki Ranis blooming too?

I love that they make me think of you :)

Sending salaams to you 🍃

❤️❤️ shukraan

(it really has been a particularly heart-wrenching week here...and the heavy rains look like they will continue 💔)

Shukraan. Pole pia. We truly were. ❤️

For the community here, beloved Zarina Patel transitioned last night. She of the big heart, freedom fighter, indomitable spirit.

(rain!)

(was really proud to be a Kenyan girlie on Saturday - and emotional to be with the thousands on site protesting against femicide, and those there in spirit...yet in the words of Abigail Arunga - 'how can it be that we are marching to not be murdered. Seriously!')

😍 Thank you dearest one!

Blinky Bill's Listening Party last night was EVERYTHING!
The album has dropped...about to carve out an hour from the day to put some headphones on and listen properly :)
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts...till then, a banger for you both

youtu.be/Q3FIpWxUqXA?...

A most excellent choice!
Shukraan :)

Favourited it.

In return, the newest Blinky - his album drops this Friday
youtu.be/-S0aNMRX9no?...

The video is all kinds of cool

Someone stands at the beach looking out into the ocean

42 is for ease...

And also the answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything

The law is not the sum total of our freedom dreams. The law does not fix generational harm. What the law can do is hold space while we do the work. It documents histories, defines and acknowledges harms, and gives us language for the struggle. We know there is more work to be done.

Serving Nairobae
Beautiful mural by Lindsay Dawn Adhiambo

(reading Makumbi makes me want to be in a relationship just so I can read all the juicy parts out to them)

I LOVE this one. What a fantastic collabo

Have you been seeing the colors series out of Nairobi - just gorgeous!

youtu.be/cc_cQef4TwE?...

I will! It looks like a treasure trove :)

Also...I'll be popping into your email inbox soon to share something

I finally finished writing THAT KaBrazen episode ... a song for you to keep you dancing (this is one of my faves)
youtu.be/1Twwkm1FOyk?...

@activecultures.bsky.social thank you for the wonderful surprise. I can't wait to dig in! Sending salaams across the waters

African feminists teach me, to do what you can , in the ways you can, for the people you can, in the spaces you belong

And as Mariame Kaba reminds us, 'hope is a discipline'

Sharing a song for your soul today
youtu.be/oCUFC-ULdOk?...

❤️

Today

(for anyone who needs a moment to breathe)

💔

justabandwidth.bandcamp.com/track/save-m...

Which I am not adverse to at all

And also

It is discombobulating

It's discombobulating

(it's wild how different this place feels right now from the other place...here ...maybe because of my TL...life seems to go on almost uninterrupted)

On my way to work yesterday, a field of Agapanthus demanded to be photographed and sent to you @keguro.bsky.social

I am just the messenger.

For you dear friend.

Me too

I hate this for us

😰

Meanwhile Charlo & Kamini are here, and the state is prancing around, laying out the red carpet, parading our wares for them to come & turn over & approve, and doing everything possible to make the visit comfortable.

Sigh.

(I keep wanting to say it's too much...but it has been too much for decades)

I would like to be in the ocean with a salty cocktail in my hand

I JUST WANT THE DAY TO BE OVER 😰

(writing KaBrazen will humble you in ways you've never experienced before)