May 10th marked 5 years since I started my first blog.
Evidently the day came and went without much fanfare. Just like the doomsday prediction last Saturday.
What have I been up to?
Well, as many of you already know, I do a weekly show on Capital FM (The Jam) with Cess & Maqbul. Crazy fellows, those. I’m also their “social media guy”. That’s in addition to my other fulltime job and uni. So now you know why I don’t blog as often.
A bunch of bloggers also came together and started an online magazine (if we can call it that) targeted towards Kenyan men. It’s called Wanaume (www.wanau.me) << Pretty smart, eh? Thank one @Mwirigi for that bit of smart thinking. The idea came about during a conversation between our Editor and me, where we realized that Kenyan men tuko down tu sana. Let’s say the truth. We are. So the idea behind Wanau.me is to redefine Kenyan men. To make us strive to be better than what we are today. Group blogs are the way to go, since they consolidate numbers and are easier to manage than individual blogs. Just look at the good stuff that’s been going on over at DiaspoRadical.
The bloggers behind Wanau.me are myself, Bobby, Ray, Sue, The Bartender, Pastor Wa, PseudoLinguist and our Editor. More bloggers will join the team as time goes by.
The site has only been up for a coupla months and there are not as many posts up since we all have fulltime jobs, and don’t always have time to blog. But we’re trying.
We’re currently looking for a fashion blogger to do the men’s fashion column. If you’re interested, or if you know someone who is, kindly ask them to drop me an email on archer@wanau.me. The target audience is 25 to late 30s working class Kenyan men. So none of that skinny jeans/suits sijui shorts with loafers bila socks nonsense. We want to teach men how to dress well, not how to look like a circus clown.
We also welcome posts by contributors, so if you’ve got a post that you want to have published, hit us up on theguys@wanau.me
Follow us on Twitter: @Wanaume
So now that you know where to get me when I’m not here…..Dosvidanya! (That’s Russian for goodbye)
What’s on my Playlist?
Swedish House Mafia – One (Your Name)
May 23, 2011 at 12:52 pm
“The idea came about during a conversation between our Editor and me, where we realized that Kenyan men tuko down tu sana. Let’s say the truth. We are. So the idea behind Wanau.me is to redefine Kenyan men.” I really like that you admit that there’s a problem, that is really nice, it takes a real man to do that. I like the new site, just as I like this one. Keep up the good work.
See you on the other side!
May 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Oh, and happy blogoversary!
May 23, 2011 at 2:37 pm
5 years blogging? That’s awesome!! I’m barely a year old *pats self on the back*…Good to see the veterans holding fort.
Keep writing here…or at Wanaume, I’ll be reading.
May 23, 2011 at 8:25 pm
At the risk of sounding like a gushing groupie, may I just say that Im a HUGE fan of ur work. Its brutally honest and has that brand of humor i like. happy blogversary!
May 23, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Should I round up the ladies and we start up http://www.wanawa.ke too? LOL!
Happy 5th Blogversary.
May 31, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Yes please! Brilliant stuff that would be.
May 24, 2011 at 9:35 am
i love your blog yaani i started readin it this weekend and ive somaad ALL your posts ur intrestin but thea is sth i disagree with u in that post ya nai chics kwa that wanau.me thing you said ati guys cant leave a chic who has made him what he is and the rest si u know. Anyway look at someone like Lamar Odom khloe kardashians husband yaani he had been with some chic since those days he was in the projects and had nothing mpaka to what he is today and he dint bother to marry her and he went out with khloe 2 months and he married her!! Thus i dont agree with you and thats not the only case…
May 24, 2011 at 10:33 am
FINALLY!!! this is the best news i have ever read…….
May 25, 2011 at 9:15 am
As a dude who kills it- if I do say so myself- when it comes to formal/official clad but falls flat on his face when it comes to casual dress. I can’t begin to emphasize how urgently I need that dress blog post to go up. Congratulations on your fifth year. You are an inspiration.
May 31, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Happy Blogversary. I’m headed to http://www.wanau.me and have a feeling I’ll be there for a long long time. All the best with the Fashion blogger. Here’s to well dressed jamaas!
June 12, 2011 at 10:01 am
Time flies *hic*
June 24, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Where have I been? You inspire me