Academic Perspective

For most of us, waking up is unpleasant. The first thing we hear in the morning is a blaring alarm, or the radio turning on, or in many cases, someone walking in and yelling at us that it’s time to get up. With this type of emergence into wakefulness, it is no surprise that most [...]

It was an awfully brisk night in January, not seven days removed from the New Year’s beginning. We had been staying with a family friend as my mom had given up our house. They gave us a lift to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, not far from Nairobi, the capital. I remember how stressed my mother [...]

It is difficult to detach ourselves from physical appearance and judge by character. Looks are the first things we see, the first things that we react to, and they, unlike personality or intellect, fully reveal themselves immediately.  There’s no wait involved. It’s instant gratification, and it’s easier, more natural even, than having to delve deeper [...]