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You have found a stranger's notebook. Fair enough. Here is where to open it: five stories, in the order I would hand them to a friend in a matatu.

The Minister of Water An estate loses water and accidentally forms a government.

The Bird That Knew About Rent Kamau's balcony birds start repeating the estate's secrets.

The Pavement Sacco The CBD closes without warning. The pavement organizes itself.

The Philosophy of Nyama Choma There are things you can only say over meat. This is about those.

Forty in Bali Turning forty far from home. Still not brief.

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