Letting Michael Go

July 21st, 2009 by Neema | No Comments

It’s fascinating how Kenyans responded to the news of Michael Jackson’s dramatic final exit, not on stage right or stage left but as if through a hidden trap door just off centre. We celebrated and mourned him in earnest. In Nairobi a friend and local entertainment writer organized a communal moonwalk downtown; one of the [...]


Ngwatilo grows older.

December 4th, 2008 by Neema | No Comments

What is my life for? At this particular moment. Where do I want to be when I’m 30? I’ve been away. It is not an apology. I’m being an actress now for a TV Drama that will hopefully come to a tube near you in the coming year. – well, it will if you’re in [...]