The Nations Pot

A year later, Wanjiru’s son was older, taller and slightly embarrassed to be asked about his famous pencil.…

The village decided to hold an election, and for the first time in its history, it decided to…

The idea came, as the best ones do, from a very hungry child. It was a small girl…

When the laughter reached the granary, the Marabou Stork called an emergency meeting of everyone who had ever…

It started with a sneeze. A small one, in the schoolyard, in the middle of the morning chant.…

The winds began to change in the dry season. First there was a rumour, carried by a swallow…

It was a mole who found it. His name was Fuko, he was small and short-sighted, and he…

One morning the Marabou Stork called the whole village to the pot and announced, with a tear in…

When Wanjiru’s son was old enough to carry a slate, she sent him to the Great School of…

When the Rhinos had been in charge for a few years, the weather in the village changed. Nobody…