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Writer & Musician | I painted my header :)
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2017
‘lol you’re from Kenya right? I did a mission trip in Ghana once, maybe you know my friend Kwame?’ - White proverb.
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I love it when senior managers from Kenyan firms rush to Twitter to publicly flog/humiliate interns and inadvertently end up exposing exploitative company practices instead >>>>.
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LOL so I’m flicking through this account of a Warwick Student who voluntoured in Kenya and she expresses: ‘I had no internet access for a month but it was the best experience of my life’ . so you couldn’t use £1 to buy a SIM card ? Some of you force primitivism on yourselves
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We want the British army base in Nanyuki shut down permanently.
We want the name of the soldier who killed Agnes Wanjiru.
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She literally makes pregnancy look like the trendiest accessory. Gorgeous, but you CANNOT trick me 😘!.
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I did that. ❤️.
COLORS is now working with seasonal color palettes to inspire all activities across our brand. The deep reds from PALETTE 1 inspired London-based Kenyan writer and artist Naila Aroni to reflect on the theme of self love.
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No one: .International students:.
I want to go home now. Thanks.
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I’ll go first
How do you serve cunt in a way that’s Kenyan???.
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There's something so inherently powerful about writing a "to-do" list and checking things off. .
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White men aggressively greeting you with “Jambo!”.
what’s something that ISN’T racist but still FEELS racist to you?.
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We really don’t thank Somali’s enough for creating Dera’s. It’s airiness, the bold colours, the flexibility. Are you wearing it in the house? Are you going to the kiosk to get some milk? Family gathering ? . And IT’S CHEAP TOO?. Ugh their minds! Forever a stan😍.
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Out of all the lessons Elsa imparted to Kenyan women, the one that’s stuck with me is to go where I am loved. Divest, disconnect, rediscover and go where you are loved.
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Lmao I’m sorry no. Imagine being an African on a short-stay visa pulling up in to Heathrow looking like Inspector Gadget 😭 immigration will have a FIELD DAY !!.
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I bet this would cost 250 on bolt food 💀💀.
New record: Largest Ugandan Rolex - 204.6 kg (451 lb). A popular street food in Uganda, this giant Rolex contains fried egg and veggies inside a chapati 😋
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To all the wypipo who watched & thoroughly enjoyed Black Panther: . How did you get through the whole film without subtitles when you pretend not to understand African accents ? 🙃🤔🐸 ☕️ keep warm x.
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She isn’t mad that the intern “misused” company funds when an Uber within the CBD is literally 200/-. She’s mad that the intern transgressed bullshit office hierarchies where transport is a marker of class and power.
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Can’t wait for Gen-Z to kill CV culture and replace cover letters with stylised mood boards and visual diaries. I love that for us!.
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That day I went to play a hockey match in Hillcrest and one of the white students shouted that students should hide their belongings in their lockers before we steal them. Excuse me but isn’t your Grandfather a colonial settler ? .Who.Is .the thief ?🤔🤫.
White people who grew up in Kenya be like 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 in their bios relax.
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What’s the Whitest thing you’ve seen all week?. Mine’s this joke of a jewellery brand that got featured in @BritishVogue for its ‘innovative and vibrant’ designs. Stating that her work is simply ‘made in Kenya’ erase the labour of Maasai women she exploits to make her jewellery
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She continues ‘I had no access to the outside world’, take note the extremely condescending connotations. What exactly is the outside world? What threshold are you using to contrast the uncivilised from the ‘civilised’. Take your micro-aggression ourraaa hea mayne ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾.
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This “no mask/no entry” policy is nothing more than a sales gimmick since event organisers can’t be bothered to enforce safety compliant measures after the point of entry. There is no safe way to organise a concert right now. This weekend has proved that.
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That’s not what the comments are about. Adele is undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of our generation but she’s never been revered for beauty or fashion like other pop culture figures. People loved her VOICE, not her physicality and we know why.
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I wanna experience Nairobi from the eyes of a tourist cos personally I can’t wait to gedifok 😂.
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Elsa inspired me. I called out my abuser today and I can confirm that being ungovernable feels so fucking good!!!.
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When East Africans say Kenya is the “USA of East Africa” through our sociopolitical arrogance and erasure of other nations cultural contributions, this is what they mean.
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I was part of a community service team that helped refurbish a school in Kajiado and I used my phone the whole time. Lmao. The rural/primitive Africa you guys romanticise is the one you’ll find, not because Africa isn’t developed but because you want it so bad. What a shame.
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My advice to black freshers:.Just cut the bullshit. Find black people as fast as you can.
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Stuck up for myself today and quit a horrible internship and it felt really good. 10/10 would recommend 👌🏾.
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I simply must curate an exhibition in Nairobi next summer. Away with these exclusive-ass, expensive-ass, no-music-having (😭??),reserved-for-expatriates exhibitions. We 👏🏾 must 👏🏾 fuck 👏🏾 it 👏🏾 up 👏🏾.
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Why do boys express interest in you then when you reciprocate that energy they act like they’re doing you a favour by spending time with you ?? Behave before I move to your brother x.
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Broke with expensive taste has been my album of the summer the past four years.
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Neighbouring African countries: lockdowns, rent freezes, paid utilities, free transportation, pay rise for healthcare workers. Government of Kenya:
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Anyone trying to join Ruto’s space as a counterprotester is being silly. You are contradicting the movement by giving him airtime thereby legitimizing him. He also won’t see your Jacob Juma profile pics cos he’s not administrating the space, so trolling is pointless. #RutoMustGo.
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This fit is the ultimate recession indicator. He’s trying to tell you to cancel your showmax subscription & delete Jumia food cos there’s matoke at home.
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This guy couldn’t just go and enjoy the animals ?? It was only a matter of time ffs 🤦🏾♀️
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Twitter: we’ve received your 3 reports over the last hour. Me: Good. You gonna do anything about my complaint???.Twitter:
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White women will ‘10% of all proceeds go to charity’ you to death to conceal the exploitation that underpins their organisations. She is selling earrings for £14 that she buys from Maasai women at £1. But I’m supposed to applaud her for giving away £1.50 to charity. I-.
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Was walking to Lavington green the other day in a mask and tinted glasses and someone’s father stopped their car to ask me if I needed a lift. Catcalling is never about attraction. It’s about power and the humiliation that’s supposed to ensue.
Niggas be talking about some “ hey beautiful “ and you be looking like this
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Someone pay to me write an article highlighting the diversity of East African women. In yall’s efforts to challenge desirability politics, you’ve portrayed us as a homogenous group and eclipsed the colourism and fatphobia majority of Kenyan, Sudanese, Ugandan (etc) women face.
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Y’all 🥺 my first ever published article for @WearYourVoice mag. Thank you to @Femmefeministe for letting me express myself unapologetically. This one is for KE Twitter 🇰🇪✨.
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Because they’re modelled after prisons.
Something that will never make sense to me is how highschools in Kenya restrict students from communicating to their parents.
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Sky news really called Uhuru the President of Africa. I’m choking on my pilau wheww
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That Safaricom promotion where top-up cards doubled as supa strikas collectables was genius.
I don't think we give Supa Strikas the respect and hype it really deserves! It is hands down the most innovative, best sports comic and animated series television series of our generation. You know why? Let's break it down, shall we? A thread.
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I was gonna tweet that Bey and J are so out of touch with the common Black experience but Black capitalism + monarchical power, as seen in Black Is King, is their brand so this is unsurprising.
The priceless Tiffany Diamond has only been worn by three women since its discovery in 1877. Today, @Beyonce becomes the first Black woman and fourth person to wear the legendary stone. #AboutLove #TiffanyAndCo
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That’s my brother! The documentary isn’t out yet but you can keep up with him on IG
Stop what you are doing and WATCH THIS!!! 🤯🤯😳 . Never been so captivated and intrigued by a teaser telling a Kenyan story!! When is it coming out and will it be on @NetflixKE ? 🥺🔥
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Are you really successfully establishing boundaries if your family doesn’t think you’re the black sheep?.
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They charged him according to purchasing power parity. Genius.
Kibera's "Kibandaski" scams French YouTuber Kino Yves by overpricing the price of Ugali from Ksh 50 to Ksh 700.
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Those Taxify drivers that just follow the map and don’t brother calling you to ask for directions to your location 😍😍😍🙏🏾🤗 we stan !.
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This babe used to work for Ruto as his Chief of Staff lmao. Don’t forget she was dangerously misleading protesters to occupy State house, as well as inciting violence against Hanifa. Do NOT fall for this Sean King-ass scam.
We said we should invest in Civic Education. We are illustrating COK 2010 and translating it to 35 languages. So If you can see this please RT and donate so we ensure the team is paid as they’re working full time. Thank you
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We’re depressed and unemployed. Thanks for checking in.
I often wonder how the people who preferred Mint Choc over fudge are doing.
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This just screams Hillcrest/Rosslyn 😂😭.
White people who grew up in Kenya be like 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 in their bios relax.
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Can the first Ugandan to see this tweet please translate this fit for us. What does this mean?.
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@isaac_pdf The way I was eleven years old begging my parents to get divorced 😂😂😭 like pls don’t use me as a scapegoat to stay together chileee.
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Made this today cos I was bored. Hope it might bring some humour to an otherwise gloomy day.
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An NPR tiny desk concert ish ting in Nairobi is so necessary. So so many good Indie artists that need that extra nudge. PLUS IT WOULD BE VIBES. I’m here for it.
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Sema Twirra? Just made an art account on IG @aroniart ! Was gonna wait till 2019 but was feeling confident yesterday so I thought why wait 🤪?I’m self-taught so still unlearning and learning as I go along & I love painting Black people. Yup that’s pretty much it x
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Repurposed my 21st birthday dress for my 24th birthday outfit! My mind, ugh 😍
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Also dumbfounded by how Kenyan twirrra defended & swiftly dismissed your sexual assault/rape allegations despite the very detailed accounts & corroborations from several women. That's bystander apathy in a nutshell 🐸☕️.
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Y’all go to gigs, to see musicians play the same shows in their lil cliques and the same galleries to see the SAME artists. Like-. Call me when inspiration & liberation takes precedence over clout. Cos this ain’t it x.
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Me every time time Burna Boy opens his mouth to do anything other than Sing.
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Not-so-cohesive, retro-inspired photos. Taken when the sun in Nairobi decided to stop being a petty heaux ✨😪❤️.📷: baby cuz (she doesn’t have twirra).
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I think it’s much bigger than personal negligence. People flock to bolt because of affordability and Bolt is much cheaper than Uber. Safety becomes a relegated priority if cheaper fare is the difference between you getting home.
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Imagine marrying someone who doesn’t like afrobeats. What will you dance to at your wedding? Ed Sheeran ???
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My debut single is out today!!!! What a dream come true to work with one of my favorite artists @TimLyre. Also Happy Birthday to me. Go stream dat. ❤️.
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Patiently waiting for our good sis @rihanna to launch #FentyHealth so she can rescue us from our treacherous ovaries with her 3-in-1 cramp, bloating and nausea relief ‘Man Down’ tablets ☺️😘.
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The person that said this review is more of a critique of Chloe rather than the music was right. Chloe produced majority of this album herself, a remarkable feat for women producers in R&B, yet there’s no engagement with the album’s production. How shallow & under researched.
Chloë is a generational talent, but the generic songwriting and chemistry-free features on her solo debut don’t make the case
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Rich people who aren’t stylish really get under my skinnnn. Like omds you literally have designer’s from all over the world at your fingertips. You could fly to Mumbai to get your own textiles then jet to Nairobi to accessorise your outfit. Why won’t you be stylish?!?!! 😭😭😒.
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Felt cute might delete later xoxo 🤠 . Serving you chapped lipstick and bad lighting, take it or leave it. 🤧 Video games @LanaDelRey 💞
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I find it alarming that people think it’s blasphemous when others refer to God as a (black) woman. If God created us all in ‘their’ image why can’t I be a representation of ‘them’? 🧐.
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Young people please never work for free! You owe it yourself. It’s not worth your sanity.
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Wrap up your career first. We’re tired
OK, Rev. you need to wrap.
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Everything. Erase the entire show from my memory, literally begging you.
If you could erase any storyline from Euphoria, which storyline would you get rid of?
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Fuck being modest. Fuck moving in silence. I’m literally coming for everything that’s mine this year and it’s going to be loud as fuck 🤞🏾✨.
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We need stricter vetting of people who voluntour with charity organisations in Africa. How many more young children need to be abused/exploited before we dismantle this systematic white-saviour complex ? . Voluntourism schemes are a big hoax. Put the welfare of children first!.
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Some of you have never had a mental breakdown in the library the day before handing in an essay, gone to the toilet for 5min to cry and get your shit together and resumed working at your desk as if none of the above happened and it shows.
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People, it’s okay to not like things. It’s okay to not like your course. It’s okay to not like your uni. It’s okay to dislike your job. It’s okay to not like where you’re at in your life rn. Forcing optimism on your friends is so retrogressive to their progress.
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She looks like a Moraa fr.
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It’s been hard to reconcile, but the older I get, the more I realise that the men in our lives don’t rate us. Not your family, not your friends & sure as hell not your partners. Divorce yourself the male gaze and watch yourself flourish.
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Just interviewed Danai Gurira. Tems was right: crazy tingz are ‘appening! ✨.
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Lmao just found out my article is doing rounds on Facebook with 8k shares. The boomers have spoken 🙏🏾
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Is Larry fr with that new accent???.
This rugby player swapped his boots for an apron, and is now known as the “roaming chef” to millions of social media followers.
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