Just a Nairobi resident trying to make sense of if it all...
Dec 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
One of the sad details of this all too common story of #travelingwhileafrican is that the security guy claimed my partner @ibush_bingi’s “bag was too small”. He was traveling to the Caribbean for a week for Christ’s sake… what was he expected to have in his bag? @KLM
Surely the fact that he had no winter clothes, no coat, no winter shoes should have been a clear indication that he was going where he says he was going…. On a vacation to the Caribbean! @KLM
Dec 25, 2022 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
Boarding Denied
Yet another story of petty people with authority and pens, ruining black Africans’ travel plans on a whim.
@KLM my fiancé was to meet my family for the first time and you have prevented him from doing so because?
Let’s take a look at yet another sad story of race-based discrimination.
But before, let me give you some background: