Those familiar with it will know that when you’re at any Hungry Lion counter, you’ll be asked one iconic question. Chilli or no chilli? While this is simply a choice as to the flavour of your meal, it is a daily decision for men. And it’s instructive about who you are as a man and […]
You can’t teach masculinity
Some things become second nature even without being natural. Explain how multiple generations have maintained the inexplicable tendency to randomly stop a whole showroom vehicle and urinate in public? I mean, look at how we pick up our habits. There’s no rite of passage or module on how you’re supposed to convert every tree, wall […]
Like an Airbus on Autopilot
Do you see how we implode like Arsenal FC in April after the breakdown of a relationship or marriage and the death of a spouse? Zambian man is like an Airbus on autopilot once home comforts become familiar. This is underlined by his failure to flourish in the aftermath of romantic routine. Suddenly, you have […]
When A Man Starts Seeing Someone
One of these days, when you’re watching Arsenal Football Club torture its fans with hope, enjoying a drink with your friends … tell them you’ve started seeing someone. Who is she? Where did you meet? How did this happen? So, what will happen to your current family? Are you ready to abandon it all? You’ll […]
Know who will bury you alive
When your casket is mounted and wheeled into the church, your family and friends seated in the pews will turn to welcome you for that final farewell. There will be men who were closest to you wheeling your casket. A friend, a brother, a cousin, a son or nephew and then people will see one […]
We Only Want Change From Bus Conductors
When a man changes, it happens gradually then suddenly. The long nights drafting proposals, months in the gym, years in lecture rooms, money quietly saved, a house painstakingly built. And then everyone comes along to tell anyone who will listen that he’s changed. Bana Chinja. That’s why as long as you’re not doing anything wrong […]
Get a DNA test
Of course. It’s about time this was brought up. Men need to know. They live too long without truly having proof. Every man must investigate doubts and the unfamiliar characteristics that eat away at his conscious every waking day. Every single living man should get their DNA tested. Some do it without any prompting while […]
There is no manual.
By Kachepa Mtumbi