Of Kenyan Girls and Their Online Love Searches
So here I am searching the net trying to find a place I can buy a nice sewing machine at a reasonable price (that’s another Read More
Category: Life
Call for Nominations for the Yilmaz-Akyürek-Preis
The Yilmaz-Akyürek Prize in Osnabrück is awarded annually to foreigners who help other foreigners integrate in Germany. The prize is named after the Turk migrant Read More
Kenyan Prostitute Reports Harassment, She ends up behind Bars
The 40 year old prostitute from Munich went to the police to report someone who was harassing her, only for the story to change and Read More
Swedish Man Comes out to Defend Himself Against Allegations from His Wife
You must have read/watched the video of a Kenyan woman whose family in Kenya was requesting for help to rescue her from her nightmare of Read More
Can Someone Married/Marrying Outside Their Race be Racist?
After talking to several people (Kenyan women) who shared more or less the same story about how their German husbands would call them (the women) Read More
When Professors Prank Their Students
A Professor at the Uni Bonn recently decided to be funny and played this message for his students at the beginning of the lecture. I Read More
Somali Pirate Falls For an Online Scam That Leads to his Arrest
A Somali pirate, Mohammed Abdi Hassan, also known to many as Afweyne or Big Mouth fell for an online scam that was used by the Belgian Police Read More
The indignity of choosing death: Lampedusa From the Eyes of an African in Germany
By Caroline Adhiambo Lampedusa. It happened again. I had hoped it wouldn’t, but it did. That is how life is. The things you wish to Read More
Kenyan Nigerian Baby Named Berlin from Berlin Celebrates First Birthday
You might remember the saga of the Kenyan Nigerian couple who wanted to name their daughter Berlin but the Registrar for Birth in Berlin refused Read More
View of Teachers Around the World
A recent survey by the Varkey GEMS Foundation went out to find out how the “world” views teachers. Below are some of their findings, focusing Read More
When the City of Dreams Turns into a Nightmare
According to the results released last week, Kenya produces 80,000 youth into the work force annually but only 30,000 achieve some form of formal employment, Read More
Kenyan-German Man Sentenced for Sexual Harassment of Children
The thirty year old Kenyan man identified as Shedrack K. was sentenced for eighteen months for attempting to assault children sexually, harassment, insult trespassing and Read More
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Germany
The Federal Statistics Office has published a new book on German statistics revealing information, many didn’t know. Here is some of it. Did you know Read More
In Search of The German Treasure in Kisumu County
A German treasure box that was left in Awasi in Luo Nyanza by the Germans during the first and second world war is causing many Read More
Which Passports Allow you to Travel the World Freely
As a Kenyan no-one needs to tell you that your passport can be a restriction to travelling. From my informal survey it seems with a Read More
Fat kid = Bad Grades: Discrimination in German Schools Based on Weight and First Names
If there’s something I’ll never understand is how discriminatory the school system here is. And to think that people think it is ok for children Read More
Beauty Standards – Define Them to Suit You or Conform to the Set Standards?
A gap between your teeth has been believed to a sign of many good things (apart from the British who believe it signifies lustful women). Read More
How Much do Germans in Major Cities Save Monthly?
A study on who saves the most has shattered most of the German clichées on saving. World wide people think Germans save too much while Read More
Providing a Safe Haven for the “Desert Flowers”
Waris Dirie is a Somali girl from a humble background who rose to become a world top model. She shocked the world when she came Read More