Be Yourself. The World Worships the Original.
I have found it so hard to write about my feelings and my journey to finding peace and joy again after losing Papa. In my previous post, I wrote about not being able to feel anything at some point. And I want to say today that it is getting better but I would be lying. […]
Twenty Eighteen, Oh Twenty Eighteen. What a year you’ve been! We’re only a couple of hours away from entering a new year so I guess it’s safe to talk about this one in the past. Twenty Eighteen started on a very good note. Before I tell you how please allow me to go back a […]
If Self was a poet, she would write a beautiful poem for the phenomenal men and women of Ishaka. But She is not, unfortunately. Bare with her while she attempts to put into words the feelings and emotions the people who went to the Ishaka’s show went through. If you don’t know by now what […]
Hey YOU, My name is… NO, you are not ready to hear my name. You have been avoiding calling me by my name, You feel IGNORED, MISUNDERSTOOD because of me, You think I am not REAL, You think I am WEAK. You are terrified at the idea that I live with you, in you, in […]
June 5th was the Big Day. The day that I have been waiting for was finally here. I have been dreaming of the day that I will wake up knowing that I will get on stage to receive the piece of paper that will always remind me that all the hustle was so worth it. […]
As I am writing this post, I wonder: is this not a little bit overdue? But then it comes to my mind that it is never too late to be grateful for something. Right? So if you don’t know by now, 2016 is over and we are in 2017! At the beginning of 2016, I […]
I usually start off my posts talking about where and how I met the people I interview/ feature on my blog, well, this one is a different one because… I have never met Andrea. A super cool friend of mine had told me about Andrea and her story. I asked if she wouldn’t mind sharing […]
If you are Burundian and you like to party, then there is no doubt you know Dj Trick Triick. If you are not Burundian and you don’t like to party, well you should still know him. Trick Triick is one of the best deejays from Burundi. Based in Canada, he started his career in 2013. […]
Shiro is a Kenyan girl who I met at my university. For the longest time, I knew she was East African (we are a minority in our school) and I had had conversations with her but I never thought of her to be so talented. The first time I saw her perform, it was at an open […]
Diane and Nadia are not ordinary sisters. They are identical twins. Just in case you were starting to wonder, yes, they do fight and argue like normal siblings (I mean who doesn’t fight with their siblings). However, these two share something that not all the twins usually do (keep reading) Diane and Nadia were the […]
