I was going to write a long story about my experience with black-on-black racism on my travels with a white friend in Nigeria. I can assure you that it was a woeful tale indeed, one which ended in tears. But the only thing I will say is this; Africans are still slaves to the white socio-political economy, and until we emancipate our minds from the notion that self-worth can only be measured in degrees of whiteness, we will remain in chains.
I wish I could choose just one pair of shackles, but the gruesome killing of Sharon Otieno has shown that for women in Kenya, the struggle is legion. I cannot even begin to comprehend the condemnation with which Sharon has been treated in death.