When We Talk About Love
As much as the next person, I’m a tiny bit obsessed with the notion: everything happens for a reason....
Author: Hassan Kassim
Hassan Kassim is a Mombasa-based Creative non-fiction writer, recently longlisted for the Toyin Falola prize, blogger and translator of Kiswahili work. A beneficiary of the Penpen program by African Writers Development Trust(AWDT) commissioned by Culture at Work Africa and the European Union(E.U), and holds his Bachelor’s degree in Maritime Management.
Hassan writes about the ill-documented Communities of Coastal Kenya. His work has appeared in Writers Space Africa; his 2 non-fiction stories published in the anthology 'Twaweza,' a collaborative effort of 12 African writers on the African identity and set to appear in the forthcoming anthology for the Toyin Falola prize.
Darussalaam
As she walked into the Fort Jesus that early Wednesday, an ocean breeze ballooning her abaya from...
What are you waiting for? What do you stall for?
There’s a tea place in Old Town by the edge of the sea. I don’t frequent it that much these days but…...
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
I’ve often wondered why death is called a final rest.
I was seated in the left row, the last chair...
2 Songs of Despair
Remembering
This candle melts like my heart at your first hello
Teasing me with skin at the tip of...