by Benard Makaa | Feb 14, 2024 | Culture
So, we observe a politician,Has parasites that on him prey,And these have smaller parasites to suck them,And the smaller parasites themselves, in turn, have smaller parasites to go on,And so proceed ad infinitum. Great hustlers have little hustlers upon their backs to...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 28, 2022 | Culture, Poems
Come, gather you, people,And listen to a story I’ll tell,Of a boy smitten with love,From Mbooni hills. Come, gather my friends,And listen to my tale,Of a girl in love,From the Nandi plains. Atop a hand rowed boat,Was the question posed,Under the calmness of...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 28, 2020 | Culture, Poems
Stay away from the altars and the malls, Stay away from the markets and the stalls, Stay away through the night, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. Stay away from the rumors and fables, Stay away from gossip and fake news, Stay away from the pain and...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 26, 2019 | Culture
Orpheus in the Underworld – Overture. Salieri’s March Turned Into Non Piu Andrai. Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, 1st Movement (Excerpt.) Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Audio) Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker...
by Benard Makaa | Dec 10, 2019 | Culture, Learning
In my reading of biographies, autobiographies, and history, I have come across many illustrious figures who were in one way or another orphaned at an early age. I am not the first to notice this trend and correlation. The clinical psychologist Meg Jay has noted that...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 22, 2019 | Culture, Stories
By chance, I met a friend and fellow electrical engineer & lecturer yesterday while I was on an errant to buy some Chapo’s for my supper (at Green Savannah café, Juja). After exchanging pleasantries with this said friend, I mentioned that I am just in Juja...
