Sow that seed

Name(required) Email(required) Website Message Submit Δ Growing up, I had to go to the farm now and then. I remember at the age of six, I went to the farm with my dad. He showed me how to sow the seed. We dug some holes and we planted the seed. As we were burying...
BY THE BOOK: Oltesh Thobias

BY THE BOOK: Oltesh Thobias

Article by Wanjiku Maina of Nation.co.ke Growing up, Oltesh Thobias did not have lofty dreams about his life. He believed that he would marry a Maasai girl, have children and lead a quiet pastoralist’s life in his small village in Tanzania just like many had done...
From Cattle Herder to Diplomat with Oltesh Thobias

From Cattle Herder to Diplomat with Oltesh Thobias

“Wake up, get ready and let us go.” That was my dad waking me up on a Saturday morning in January 1975, asking me to join him in a trip to a destination I did not know about. I was excited because that did not happen often. The common conversation between my dad and I...
Lessons from my VW beetle 1967

Lessons from my VW beetle 1967

Sam used to eat at Palm Beach Restaurant in Dar. He saw this girl who he really admired but did not know how to break the ice. Sam wanted to date Alice, but had never spoken to her and did not even know where Alice worked. Alice drove a Peugeot 504 and had it parked...