Nipe Story

KISSING GORDO by Muthoni Garland 22.02.2021 50:48 ↓

A story about two brothers who love and hate one another, but when you throw Rebecca into the mix...

AN AFRICAN PROVERB by Caroline Mbaya 08.02.2021 11:55 ↓

An airport stopover reveals a story of love, anger and a saying or two.

LET ME BE YOUR SUGAR BOY by Adaeze Nwadike 18.01.2021 28:38 ↓

A story from Nigeria that will make you think about that one true love.

MAKE DZIKO by Alinafe Malonje 07.12.2020 33:53 ↓

A story set in Malawi of two women and Mother Nature's plans for their respective destinies. Music featured by Simon Shabantu Kahama and Musonga Mwango, courtesy of https://freemusicarchive.org

MASERUMO by Resoketswe Manenzhe 16.11.2020 24:56 ↓

1999 was a strange year. A very strange year, just ask Maserumo.

THE GEOGRAPHY OF SUNFLOWERS by Michelle K. Angwenyi 01.11.2020 22:06 ↓

Where do goats go when they die? Where does the world go when it rains? What's your favourite flower? This is a story of love and loss that blurs so many lines.

SALT IN THE DESERT by Kevin Mwachiro 19.10.2020 13:06 ↓

New eyes are discovered in the arid lands of Djibouti.

RUDO by Eliza Manasa Mabungu 19.09.2020 13:28 ↓

The journey to freedom has many hurdles. It will come with its scars, but once you get there you might find yourself laughing the pain away.

ALWAYS BE LATEEF by Idza Luhumyo 05.09.2020 40:51 ↓

A story of dreams born in the most unlikely of places and a story of a journey of survival fueled by dreams.

ANDAKI by Kinyanjui Kombani 11.07.2020 52:16 ↓

A story set in the informal settlement of Dandora, where second chances get numbered too.

HAVE ANOTHER ROTI by Rasna Warah 26.06.2020 37:37 ↓

A story on forbidden love, identity and belonging that is told from a world where food is the antidote.

PLOT 10 by Caroline Mose 11.06.2020 35:40 ↓

It was an ordinary night, in a less than an ordinary neighbourhood, until the whistles went off.

BELONGING by J.E. Sibi-Okumu 28.05.2020 39:19 ↓

A story of different paths crossing on a Nairobi night.

MASKINI BABU YANGU by Ken Walibora (KISWAHILI EPISODE) 15.05.2020 20:10 ↓

Our first Kiswahili episode in remembrance of the late Kenyan literary legend, Ken Walibora.

TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR KEN WALIBORA by Kinyanjui Kombani 15.05.2020 12:38 ↓

A tribute to the legendary Kiswahili literature icon, Professor Ken Walibora. Read more at: https://www.theelephant.info/reflections/2020/04/23/ken-walibora-the-giant-on-whose-shoulders-i-stood/ The Elephant - Speaking truth to power.

THE ELIZABETHANS WE LOST by Carey Baraka 01.05.2020 21:15 ↓

Remembering H, the one true love.

AT THE PARTY by A. Ndui Mudachi 09.04.2020 19:53 ↓

Their eyes locked. She looked and he looked. The night looked promising after all.

DIGITALIS LUST by Olufemi Terry 26.03.2020 25:24 ↓

It started off as a weekly appointment, then it became more than a touch.

VASHTI REFUSED TO DANCE by Makena Onjerika 11.03.2020 18:55 ↓

"You ask what they felt. You ask if they felt at all. You ask such impossible questions."

SIRENS by Lutivini Majanja 27.02.2020 41:36 ↓

When the comrades of the University of Nairobi take to the streets, nothing gets in their way. Well, almost nothing.

I AM A HOMOSEXUAL MUM by Binyavanga Wainaina 06.02.2020 12:18 ↓

This essay is also described as the lost chapter, that never made it to the book, One Day I Will Write About This Place.

THE JOURNEY by Cynthia Abdallah 23.01.2020 15:23 ↓

A father's love defends his daughter's honour.

SPIRIT CHILD by Alex Ikawah 04.12.2019 9:05 ↓

She was no ordinary child and even the gods knew that.

THE FEAST by Rose Odengo 20.11.2019 8:46 ↓

Rabid is in action at his sell-out concert and three friends are having a time of their life, but there is more than excitement in the air.

BEACH BOY by Troy Onyango 05.11.2019 14:08 ↓

The Kenyan coast is not just beautiful, it is enchanting and full of surprises.