Home On The Road
The motorcycle taxis of Nairobi no longer offer helmets. In the age of Covid-19, sharing headgear is considered a greater health risk than head trauma. I wish I could say I ran straight to the nearest motorcycle, or “boda boda” shop to buy some protection, but I didn’t. Instead, I peeled out — bare headed – on a red and black Yamaha dirt bike, careening along a patchwork brick and river rock road between matatu buses emblazoned with portraits of Notorious B.I.G and (for some reason) actor Scoot McNary. After all, I was fully vaccinated. I felt invincible.