Archive for July 9th, 2007

Change My Wardrobe…

Posted on July 9, 2007. Filed under: Butdoisay TRUE STORIES |

Dear readers have you realized that our fashion in diaspora is stale compared to those ones in Kenya or Africa,I have seen many people in diaspora with the same clothing on different occassions,the same shoes as if they have just landed from Africa….sorry…this saying is old nowadays…it should be as if they have just landed from diaspora. Africans are dressing more than us living in diaspora nowadays,look at their hair styles on TV or in reality when you visit Africa.As soon as you step off Jomo Kenyatta Airport…yes you would think that wameparara..because the people you see first are the custom officials,tax free workers,the Kenya Police with their old,unironed uniforms then you think…kwani watu wameparara aje Kenya…but just wait until you step outside JKA….you start seeing fresh hairdos,well dressed Kenyans..with posh cars until you wonder what you are doing in diaspora….yes we might say they buy their clothes from Kikomba…but they look good in them and  have a variety…..

When a diasporian visits Africa…they do not intend to stay longer…2 weeks or maximum  1 month…their stay is well planned per day…this means if they carry 10000 kronors… that money is divided into 30 days…if you really  want to punish a diasporian…steal his passport and ticket after 30 days of his planned stay…..you will see his true colours in poverty….if he stays 2 more months….you will start seeing a sign of death in his eyes…..he would be wondering about the job he has lost…would be wondering about Kronofogden and the unpaid bills back in diaspora….it would be as if he is going to start a new life in diaspora ….

Well…good fashion in diaspora is off course expensive and might be too expensive for some of us…but why not go to a second hand butik where you can get  cheap designer clothes and change your wardrobe……its a different occassion…wear a different outfit….butdoisay….

Clay Onyango