Mwangi has poured his signature confidence and magnetism into a movement he calls "Team Courage," combining civil disobedience, artistic expression and digital organizing to galvanize a generation of young Kenyans living in one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
"I was literally stocking Adidas sneaker boxes from 9-5 and switching clothes to later rip it on the stage... .. he remembers when he partnered up with the group "Focus" as their front man and owning performances night after night: "This music thing belonged to me!" Confidence poured into his smile as he looked over at Melissa at this statement.
So there he sits, in the faculty lounge of the Cull-Loomis School, trying to remember how and when to smile and nod as his colleagues pour out confidences and grievances.
Once he had decided you could be trusted, however, he appeared to have nothing to hide: stories and confidences poured from him with a reckless candour.
"Confidence pours out of her," said Stacey Dales, one of Coale's early recruits.
There is my girl's mentor, the young woman who for three years has poured energy, and time, and confidence into my daughters.
By making friends and sharing confidences, these men and women poured their humanity into their lawmaking for the good of our country and its citizens.
"The whole population is against the Islamists," he said, as he poured another beer.But few Malians have much confidence in their own government.
"The whole population is against the Islamists," he said, as he poured himself another beer.But few Malians have much confidence in their own government.
But the leave campaign imbued racists with a confidence they have not enjoyed for many decades and poured arsenic into the water supply of our national conversation.
