{"id":7011,"date":"2019-06-12T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/?p=6242"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:22:02","slug":"jina-langu-ni-shufaa-yakut-2","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/lifeinmombasa.com\/index.php\/videos\/jina-langu-ni-shufaa-yakut-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jina langu ni Shufaa Yakut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Your name and\nwhat do you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is\nShufaa Yakut. I create content online. Communication, social media management\netc. I am a writer, I write creative nonfiction and short stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I serve the\ncommunity full time. Currently the senior administrator and communication\ndirector at swahilipot hub<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I manage all\nsocial media for Jaffery\nAcademy Mombasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a web\ndevelopment\/web design student of Pwani Teknowgalz<\/a>, recently\ncompleted my first project of redesigning swahilipot hub website. You can check\nit out, swahilipothub.co.ke<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I vlog for\nYouTube sometimes. Currently been a bit active in Ramadhan,  check out https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNadGvM19HZZHqC3hq27K9A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us about <\/strong>shufaayakut.com<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

shufaayakut.com\nis a website that has stories and articles which mostly favour the female young\nadult -soon to introduce kid’s stories too. It matured from\nshufaayakut.wordpress.com two years ago. Blogging was inspired by my lawyer\nfriend, in around 2014-2015 who (sadly) no longer writes. I used to publish\nlong notes and poems in Facebook until Carole started sharing links to me from\nher WordPress account. I thought it was a great idea and decided to download\nthe WordPress App. From there, I met very many writers via Facebook, Instagram\nand events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently\nfound out that I write for young adults. I put myself in a teenager’s shoes and\nI feature her. We rarely read stories that these young adults in high school\ncan relate to except for movies, which most contain controversial issues that\nother parents find offensive. Most teenagers read novels that are not of their\nage. I have realized there are no stories about the real things happening to the\ncurrent teenage kids. These people read, they are always online so in as much I\nwant it to look real, I try to make it cool for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put myself\nin a lady attending a boring meeting so I write something for her too. A lady\ncan multitask. The lady stuck in a traffic jam or you who can’t listen to a\npodcast, you are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you love\nthe most about writing? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing is\ninteresting. A writer has to be able to think like both a man and a woman, both\na kid and an old person, both a sane and a mad person to achieve the message\nthey want to communicate. This makes me research a lot and in the journey,\nlearn a lot too. I find new strength in writing, especially being open about\ncontroversial topics. The prophet said there’s no shame in learning, that is\nwhy i am finding it now easy to call a spade a spade when I write. Initially I\nwould hide words till I learnt the power of description. I haven’t fully gotten\nit but I am not where I used to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you prefer\nfictional writing or non-fictional?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, I\npreferred non fiction because that was all that made sense to me. I did not\nbelieve in what does not exist. Recently I read BINTI, a science fiction book\nand found it interesting. It makes a reader more creative by imagining things\nand struggling it to make sense in the eyes of a reader. Being able to give\nlife to a story and creating characters is becoming very interesting lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many African\nwriters book have you read? And what makes you keep on reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite a few,\nChinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nnedi Okorafor, Ngugi wa Thiong’o,\nElnathan Jones I think and a few more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have also\nread local writers from the country and from Mombasa e.g. Jj Lanji Ouko, Lubnah\nAbdulhalim, Nadia Naddy etc. It feels good reading the works of a person you\nhave met or a person you can relate to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well,\nreading inspires me to learn the different writers’ brains\/thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you get\ninspired to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mostly by\nreading. Whenever I read, I get an idea to either write something similar or\ntotally opposite. It jogs my mind and challenges my abilities. Sometimes movies\nand people’s stories. I have a lot of people’s stories to publish in my\nwebsite, just watch what you say to me. (laughing). Very few times, I go look\nfor inspiration from places where many people gather, like market places or\nSalon. Other times even in public transports. When you hear someone say \u201chii\nKenya yetu Hii\u2026\u201d know there’s a story following and 60% of the people in the\nmatatu will contribute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women in Mombasa\nare slowly emerging in different sectors, how can we use writing to tell the\nstories?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can\nalways come up with a page in a site to celebrate the success of women in\nMombasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As writers\nin Mombasa, we need to take a woman’s success as our own individually. Applaud\nthem even if it’s in a collective article. I believe in team work especially\nfor victory. In one blog I.e life in Mombasa, every writer can contribute a\nsentence or two talking about one specific person\u2019s success every month. This\nway, all of us will have a share in it and share it widely. We can introduce\nfeature stories and interviews for the same too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your\nfuture plans for your blog and writing journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe\nit’s every writer’s dream to publish a book one day. Those who have already\npublished now wish to have their own publishing sites and maybe a library.\nApart from wanting to publish my own story, I hope to publish a setbook in\nfuture. This will be read by generations to come, both book lovers and non-readers.\nEveryone will talk about it and teachers will use my work as examples. My works\nwill not be easily forgotten. I want to capture people’s thoughts from when\nthey are in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the near\nfuture, I’m planning to introduce a kid’s section where I’ll be writing stories\nfor kids and find a way to get them published in the local newspapers. I will\nbe updating my website quite often and adding every new feature I learn, now\nthat I have web development knowledge. I am also planning to create a subdomain\nfor blogs about social media and content creation after Ramadhan in shaa Allah.\nI hope it works out as I have planned. Maybe, just maybe, I will add a shop\npage. I will be selling thrifted clothes when the need grows because people\nhave been asking me where I get dressed, during events. 90% of the clothes are\nthrifted. So I’ll help a sister out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What resources\nwould you advice the youth to use to grow their passion, be it writing, acting,\nsinging and or any skill they have?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main one\nis using youth centers and safe spaces like Swahilipot hub and MTY impact hub.\nHere, they will meet people from all corners of life and grow in thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second,\nattend events. Especially art related events for the talent lovers. Here you\nget exposed to people and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, use\ntheir voices especially in events, talk to people more and build networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally,\nYouTube university. Do more research and allow yourself to make mistakes then\ncorrect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parting Shot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I could, I would advise my younger self to not be\nafraid of taking risks, not be afraid of the results and not be afraid of what\nthe society will say. I would start the moment I thought about an idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dare to do more than what you think you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody is born wise. Let us read as much as we can and\nkeep on learning. Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said, \u201cIndeed, knowledge only comes by\nlearning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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