I come from a culture that has refined the art of the dirge to a sublime level.

I come from a culture that has refined the art of the dirge to a sublime level.

Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.

In my perfect imagination, with stern discipline I rise with the first bird, salute the dawn, have a healthy breakfast of fruits, wander over to my faux-oak desk, tap the On button on my Macbook Air, acknowledge the muse, and skip into the world where the story flows over the day and into the night.

I don't think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear.

Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way.

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.