Rose Odengo, Author at Rose Odengo

Flash Fiction, Mkate Nusu May 8, 2017

By Rose Odengo

The Resurrection of Chebet

Chebet’s eyelids fluttered violently with an occasional pause. When her eyelids fluttered her eyeball seemed to move around unsettled and unsure of where to go. As her eyes rotated from side to side, so did her head in the opposite direction to where her eyes went. Chebet began to groan,…

Branding May 2, 2017

By Rose Odengo

Brand Experience: Do you give a Damn?

By Rose Odengo You can look at Brand experience technically from a marketing perspective or simply as a human being. I choose the latter. On Sunday, I decided to roll out of the house and attend the last day of the EPZ (Export Processing Zone) expo in Nairobi before they…

Flash Fiction, Mkate Nusu May 2, 2017

By Rose Odengo

Mogadishu: My First Love

“How was your Christmas and New Year’s break?” Kanini asked her friend Abdi Fatah. “It was great! I just got back from Mogadishu.” He said with a huge grin. “Mogadishu?” Kanini was baffled, “…and it was great?” she thought to herself. Kanini couldn’t believe Abdi saw anything worth celebrating or…

Conversations with Mama, Mkate Nusu April 25, 2017

By Rose Odengo

Electricity, Idi Amin & Mum’s Honeymoon

I walked in to the house around 3 pm, Mum looked exhausted. I asked her why she was sitting in silence, she looked tired. “Koreki chiew?” I asked her, she looked a bit sleepy. “A-a, stima emolal,” she responded, another blackout. Curse you Kenya power! I called and was informed…

Flash Fiction, Mkate Nusu April 24, 2017

By Rose Odengo

Family Slut Shaming

Susan, my elder sister, just walked in through the door an hour ago. She smelled of cologne, a distinct one. It belongs to John, my boss, my married boss. I dragged Susan to last year’s Christmas office party. I am not one who cares much for my work mates; work forces…

Branding April 20, 2017

By Rose Odengo

The Business Expense you never anticipated

The past few weeks I have met a lot of young entrepreneurs in this city determined to grow and build their businesses. It’s been pretty exciting. As the conversations flowed from business potential, content creation options to costs, the most common statement I received from entrepreneurs was, “please remember, this…

Mkate Nusu April 18, 2017

By Rose Odengo

Violent Beauty

The leaves in the trees rustled, towering high in the sky looking down on the ant sized human. Birds flew from tree to tree singing, whistling; calling their young. The sun spilled through the trees oozing in warmth that made the dew on the leaves glisten like diamonds. The air…

Flash Fiction, Mkate Nusu April 10, 2017

By Rose Odengo

The Feast

By Rose Odengo It was electric at the stadium, crowds swelled and oozed over the walls. “You only live once; no one’s got the right to make me choose what I don’t want to do. IT’S. MY. LIIIIFE!” The crowd roared and went wild. Thousands upon thousands from across…

Rose Odengo

The Resurrection of Chebet

Brand Experience: Do you give a Damn?

Mogadishu: My First Love

Electricity, Idi Amin & Mum’s Honeymoon

Family Slut Shaming

The Business Expense you never anticipated

Violent Beauty

The Feast

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