Growing up, storytelling was an unquenchable thirst that I
had. My dad being the liberal minded Kenyan man, made it his personal goal to
make sure that his youngest daughter got her daily dose of "old cat and
mouse- hare and lion" stories.
Growing up in the village was probably the best of the
things that ever happened to me. I never had to travel to grandma's for 'the
stories'. I mean, grandma was just a few walks across the yard away. And
grandma had friends who could bring the tales to my radius on demand.