Millennials, Can we agree that Charlene is an outlier and Isaya few of us?
Isaya and Charlene on their Wedding in Mwanza, Tanzania, 06/11/2026. Pic source: Charlene Facebook page. We, the East African millennials, are scorners. We scorn at near everything and unluckily, we scorn at the sacred value and virtue – love. Those who have evaded scorning reading as a culture have read of the results of scorned love. To scorn love is Hubris. And the new love birds in Africa have been careful to stop hubris. Love’s power over Charlene was seen when she went public during a crusade that hers is a wish for a husband. I must have seen it as a mock. That perhaps she was joking. For who nowadays takes the desire for a soul partner seriously? Life is too busy and difficult already – how then to nurture a sting of love? Time passed by and in public she was trolled that her 33 years age was time-bad. The mistake we mid and late Millenials have made, I read now, is the illusion that we are owners of love and can dictate whether to love or not and even p...

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