I write to make sense of life, love, culture and everything in between.

Daughter, Please!

The Fruits of His Labour

A father’s decision to educate his daughters, and what happens when education, work and assets enter marriage negotiations.

A woman reflecting beside a letter and notebook at the edge of the savanna

My father educated his daughters as though the future were not a rumour.

Years later, the fruits of that decision appeared in conversations about work, property, marriage and who could claim credit for a woman becoming herself.

What do we inherit—and what do we choose?

Inheritance is not only what is handed down. Sometimes it is the door someone insisted you be allowed to walk through.


Achom writes about culture, memory, family, womanhood and the fine print between inheritance and choice.