How to Get a Mzungu — by Wanjiku

From Chapter 1

You're reading this on your phone. Probably on the matatu. Probably after typing something into Google at 1am that you'd never say out loud.

Something like "how to date a white man in Kenya." You cleared your browser history after. I know because I did the same thing four years ago, sitting in my bedroom in Langata at 2am, eating cold chapati and wondering if I was losing my mind.

I wasn't. And neither are you.

Let's name the things you've been thinking about. A man who opens the door for you and actually means it. Someone financially stable who doesn't ask you to send him fare. Travel. Seeing snow, maybe. A partner who talks about feelings without acting like you've insulted his ancestors.

These aren't crazy fantasies. These are real desires. And all of them are valid. Every single one.

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"I read it in one night. It felt like Wanjiku was in my sitting room talking to me over tea."

— Akinyi, Mombasa

"Finally someone said what we've all been thinking. And she's funny about it too."

— Faith, Nairobi

What's inside

Where to actually meet mzungus (not where you think)
The cultural gaps that kill relationships — and how to bridge them
Real stories from Kenyan women who made it work
What his family is really thinking about you
Money, visas, and the conversations nobody warns you about

The guide your girlfriends wish they had