Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo

“What do you mean we’re not from here?” I painfully asked my elder sister Steph. Even though I’d always felt like an outsider, I had never questioned my roots. There was no reason to. In my eyes, we were like every other Kenyan family. We … Continue readingSteve: “I am yet to figure out where home is”

Read in French The most important lesson my parents ever taught me is that there is no limit to my potential as a woman. I have no doubt that I owe my success to the equalitarian education they gave me. It made me self-confident enough … Continue readingDr Balaka : “I want people to see me first and foremost as a qualified doctor”