MGENI

The Stranger's Narrative

Welcome to Mgeni, a blog run by a writer, music-obsessor, weirdo, ice-cream lover who lives in the imaginative.

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How Not To Write (AKA What To Do When You Have Writer's Block)

turiwat

Jul 13
2 min

How Not To Write (AKA What To Do When You Have Writer's Block)

Stare at what you've written (or not written) for what feels like enough time to properly write something, then don't and have a dance...

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turiwat

Jul 6
4 min

June Reads

One YA rom-com and two African lit titles. Frankly in Love by David Yoon I forget how much I adore YA romantic comedies, until I actually...

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turiwat

Jun 3
3 min

May Reads

May was a slow reading month for me. But I got to read two good books. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler So I've heard so much...

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turiwat

May 2
8 min

Ūhoro Gūka?

I wrote this story back in 2017, retelling the events of the day my grandpa died. Ūhora Gūka? means "How are you grandpa?" in Kikuyu....

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turiwat

May 2
7 min

April Reads

I think this year is seeing me giving series a chance. April was an EXCELLENT reading month! Pretty much everything I read except for one...

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turiwat

Mar 31
5 min

March Reads

Long live sci-fi! Apart from trying to make Marie Lu my favourite author (which did not happen), I completed one of my favourite series,...

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turiwat

Mar 3
4 min

February Reads

February was a pretty slow reading month for me. That being said, I did manage to complete two more books than I did in January. All...

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turiwat

Feb 6
3 min

Humans, Wonderful Humans

As I was accelerating forward after reversing out of a parking space, three girls walked directly into the middle of the road, instead...

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turiwat

Jan 31
2 min

January Read

To start off 2021 in reading, I actually didn't start with a new read. I am continuing two reads from last year, which are taking me some...

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turiwat

Jan 23
3 min

Family Matters

If I’m being honest, I don’t like spending time with my family.

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turiwat

Dec 12, 2020
3 min

Gold Nuggets from the Wise

My Auntie Rachel recently celebrated her 75th birthday. I didn't really think much of it until my sister called me to say I should wish...

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turiwat

Dec 6, 2020
55 min

reads through 2020 (updated!)

**NEW READS POSTED AT THE BOTTOM** I’m challenging myself this year to read as many books as I can. At first my goal was to read 10...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
2 min

My Best Read of 2019

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova THE GOOD This is a book I’ve been meaning to read for a long while based on my favourite youtuber’s...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
2 min

Books Again!

During September and October 2019 I got a chance to read the entire trilogy of Crazy Rich Asians. I saw the movie in 2018 and absolutely...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
3 min

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. V

Parts I - IV here Submission- something I didn’t really think I had a problem with, until now. I’M NOT IN CHARGE I recently started a new...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
4 min

More Books

Finally getting to review the 3 books I finished in the first half of 2019. I wasn’t in love with these, but I still found them goodreads...

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Coast for People Who Low-key Don’t Love Mombasa: A Photo Essay

turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
2 min

Coast for People Who Low-key Don’t Love Mombasa: A Photo Essay

*disclaimer: the title of this post is not meant to dissuade anyone from travelling Mombasa at all, or hate on the city of Mombasa or its...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
3 min

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. IV

Not anymore… I’ll dive right into it. I got a new job. Yes, it was a quick change. Honestly, it kind of happened really fast. A colleague...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
4 min

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. III

WARNING: rant straight ahead —> Read Part I and II. I hate being a teacher because of how much I’m limited to from a distance. Sometimes...

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turiwat

Dec 4, 2020
4 min

My Fear of Average

When I was a kid I got bad grades. So every end of term when I came home with my report card, I would fear the lectures my dad would give...

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MGENI

How Not To Write (AKA What To Do When You Have Writer's Block)

June Reads

May Reads

Ūhoro Gūka?

April Reads

March Reads

February Reads

Humans, Wonderful Humans

January Read

Family Matters

Gold Nuggets from the Wise

reads through 2020 (updated!)

My Best Read of 2019

Books Again!

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. V

More Books

Coast for People Who Low-key Don’t Love Mombasa: A Photo Essay

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. IV

So...I'm a Teacher Now Pt. III

My Fear of Average

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