One of my favorite Swahili words is ‘kabisa’. It means ‘totally’, or ‘completely’, and in my own Kenyan slang I always used the word to mean ‘excellent’. I used it…
Eric Maina Mwangi shares his thoughts after returning to Kenya following the Kenyatta University/University of Cincinnati Exchange. These are ideas that I have struggled to write for a very long…
Austin Opata shares his thoughts after returning to Kenya following the Kenyatta University/University of Cincinnati Exchange. I just realized how much I missed you guyz and wondered what I could…
Jean Akinyi shares her thoughts after returning to Kenya after the Kenyatta University/University of Cincinnati Exchange. Dear the US of A, I have taken quite some time in writing this…
It’s funny. I’m a dreamer, and I am not a dreamer. The amount of time I spend dreaming about things is so much smaller than the time I love devoting…
Today was a great day. Today I am very proud. On Monday I was saddened and embarrassed; today I am beaming with pride. The Kenyatta University/University of Cincinnati CCM 48…
The Babu Dance is sweeping the nation. It is so popular in Kenya, and now, it is sweeping America. The Babu Dance has taken Cincinnati by storm. I am a…
“I have to ask you something, sir. This tastes so good, but I don’t know what it is.” “”What is it?” I am on a riverboat in the Ohio River…
Josh Reiter shares his thoughts about our guests from Kenya for the Kenyatta University/University of Cincinnati Exchange. During the Jewish Holiday, Passover, we sing a song called “Dayenu”. Dayenu roughly…
Tonight I drove our large white van, our matatu, from the shores of the Ohio River in Kentucky back to the hotel in Cincinnati by the University. The vehicle overflowed…
The Collapsible Space Between Us 