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Joan Thatiah
@JoanThatiah
🌼Founder @bookszetu 🌼Award winning author of ten books 🌼 Journalist 🌼Womanist
Oct 16, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I've never had butterflies - A confession of a Nairobi woman told to Joan Thatiah (1/14) Image I turned 42 last Thursday. I have been married for 23 years. I have two children. I have never felt butterflies or warmth in my underbelly. (2/14)
Sep 4, 2023 • 48 tweets • 9 min read
I didn't see it. I heard it - A confession of a Nairobi woman told to Joan Thatiah (1/48)

A thread. Image I think my father killed my mother. I didn't see it. I heard it. My parents shouldn't have married each other. He was a bear of a man. Tall and bulky and bullheaded. Next to him, (2/48)
Jul 10, 2023 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
He Turned On Me - A confession of a Nairobi woman told to Joan Thatiah (1/24)

(A thread) The day I told my father I was pregnant, he turned on me. He turned on me in the worst possible way.I was sixteen when it happened. In form two. I had been seeing Mark, (2/24)
Jun 26, 2023 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
I Still Have Questions - A confession of a Nairobi man told to Joan Thatiah (1/21) I don't know whether or not my wife will come home tonight. There are many things I am no longer sure of in my life. In my marriage. Things weren't always like this. (2/21)
Jun 12, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
The weight of the world - A confession of a Nairobi woman told to Joan Thatiah (1/18)

A thread. Image Being the first born daughter in a Kenyan home means carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. I know because I've felt this weight on my shoulders all my life. (2/18)
May 22, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
His wife's son - A confession of a Nairobi Man
(1/19)

A thread. Image Why do I stay with a cheating wife? It's not because I'm a simp or because I'm foolish. I will tell you why.

The man who married my mother, I was never his son. (2/19)
Apr 4, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I don't want to carry it any more

A confession of a Nairobi Woman told to Joan Thatiah

A thread.

(1/15) Two years ago today, I was on top of the world. I had a ton of respect directed my way, (2/15)
Jan 17, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
THE DAY MY BODY FAILED ME - A confession of a Nairobi woman (Not included in the book)
(1/16)

A thread. June. Thursday. 6pm. As soon as the matatu was done snaking its way out of the Nairobi CBD traffic, the man sitting next to me poked at my ribs with what felt like a pipe. (2/16)