Comments on: Mwangi Interviews Rap Sensation, STL aka Stella Mwangi

By: Opinions on Melbourne from a Wife, Mother and Entrepreneur - The Displaced African

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:45:09 +0000

[...] Tips for parents raising children in Melbourne in terms of education. Compare this with the way Stella Mwangi aka STL was raised. Definitely worth thinking about taking control of teaching one’s child language [...]

By: For All My Dreamers Out There - The Displaced African

For All My Dreamers Out There - The Displaced African — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:22:53 +0000

[...] Click here for the interview I conducted with STL aka Stella Mwangi. Posted by Mwangi Filed in Uncategorized | Tags: Stella Mwangi, Stella Mwangi – Dreamer, STL, STL – Dreamer | [...]

By: My 4 Hour Work Week Journey: Pareto’s and Parkinson’s Laws » The Displaced African

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:09:00 +0000

[...] To him whom much is given, much shall be required. The folks at Hot Kenyan Goods, who can be found at Youtube.com/hotkenyangoods did me the great honour of promoting the interview that I did with Stella Mwangi aka STL. [...]

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:23:32 +0000

@kelitu: I think her focus is entirely on her music career and as someone who is doing “the eggs in one basket” thing myself, I actually like her approach and I encourage it.
I think we should commit ourselves fully, as she has, to doing one thing and doing it well, when we live in welfare societies that are Western ones as opposed to spreading our attention, focus and power thin over many endevours.
And so far, Stella has not only gotten by but she has done remarkably well, so I hope she keeps her feet firmly in the music thing……………

By: kelitu

kelitu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:17:48 +0000

The music is different.

Hopefully, she has a back-up plan to the rap career coz you can’t put all your eggs in one basket, gotta have many irons in the fire.

Good luck

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:38:18 +0000

@Mzeiya: Glad you liked it. How cool is her outlook on life and on her dream to become an international rap star.

By: Mzeiya

Mzeiya — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:26:35 +0000

Good stuff there!!

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:39:40 +0000

@alex: Glad you liked it. Hope you got something out of it. I intend on keeping it up

By: alex

alex — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:23:25 +0000

i like your article i am very proud of you. keep it up .

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:53:18 +0000

@rags: I will pass the message on to the sound editor. I do feel kinda guilty that I didn’t ask more questions about the immigrant experience BUT I thought that a lot of the stuff she had to say was so universally applicable and there was so much useful information e.g. how to make sure your children preserve their native tongue in a foreign country that I allowed it to flow.

STL, I found her myspace page and I just sent her an email and asked her. David Kobia, I read his blog and sent him a message one day. Derrick Ashong who is the next guy stopped by my site after I wrote about him and I asked him for an interview which he accepted. Same thing applies for Kirk Nugent, yup, Mr. Pursue your Passion. It has amazed me how many folks respond well when you just ask.

As for the comfort exercises, I decided I wouldn’t do them, because I am already very comfortable with going on the 4 hour work week journey and I don’t mind to be pulled out of my shell. To be more specific, I am quite used to telling people no, and there was a period of time where I always looked folks in the eye but now I have retreated back to how I was back in Kenya where we don’t look each other in the eye much.