A Few Things is a podcast that brings you personal stories on faith, creativity and life plus commentary on the world around us. This will be delivered in narration, personal interviews and guest hosts. The goal is to learn a few things here and there.
EP. 34 I Don't Want Your Black Bean Ice Cream and Eating Rotisserie Chicken in a Walmart Parking Lot
Consider this episode a catch up and a progress report on going full time as a podcaster among many other side hustles. The goal is not to take life seriously.
22 Sept 2026
EP 33. Start Where You Are with What You Have in Your Creative Journey w/ Kofi Som-Pimpong
Kofi Som-Pimpong is a digital creator, an engineer, a husband, a brother, a believer, and a son of Ghana and the American South. He shares his journey of growing up as a pastor's child, tumultuous 20s and the making of person he is today. He is on an extended leave from his job as an automotive engineer and is exploring the possibilities in content creation. His content creation focuses on Marriage, Fitness and Finances. We explore self-shame, the need for grace and why despite all the detours you end up exactly where you are supposed to be.
Social Media
Follow Kofi Som-Pimpong on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kofisompimpong/
Follow (his brother) Kwadwo Som-Pimpong on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/craftedglory/ and you can find his wood working on the business website - https://www.craftedglory.com/contact
Gatewall Media - https://www.instagram.com/gatewallmedia/
Medrine Nyambura - https://www.instagram.com/medrinenyambura/
Verse referenced in the podcast:
Ecclesiastes 11:9
You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Quote referenced:
As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Resources from the episode
Kanban Board Resources - https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/software-engineering/what-is-kanban-board/
Stan Store - https://www.stan.store/
For feedback, questions or story pitch, email us at helloafewthings@gmail.com
22 Aug 2026
EP. 32 Why Africans Need to Read More Books by Africans with Stacy Sakari of @_pagepoetica
On this episode we talk about the richness of African literature and the vibrancy of the Kenyan bookish culture. Stacy Sakari runs the @pagepoetica on Instagram where she reviews and recommends books to her audience.
Instagram Links
Stacy Sakari - https://www.instagram.com/stacy.sakari/
Page Poetica - https://www.instagram.com/_pagepoetica/
Gatewall Media - https://www.instagram.com/gatewallmedia/
Medrine Nyambura - https://www.instagram.com/medrinenyambura/
Books & Authors Referenced in the episode:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/533857/homegoing-by-yaa-gyasi/9780385686150
Books by Leo Tolstoy - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/128382.Leo_Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoevsky - https://mostrecommendedbooks.com/series/fyodor-dostoevsky-books-in-order
How to Love Your Afro by Page Lewis - https://www.howtoloveyourafro.com/
My Life in Crime - https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/My-Life-in-Crime-John-Kiriamiti/14019879
Books by Barbara Kimenye - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/454677.Barbara_Kimenye
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - https://www.chimamanda.com/americanah/
Sojourner by Nyambura Ng’ang’a - https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Sojourner/Nyambura-Nganga/9798683599836
Books by Buchi Emecheta - https://www.readersvibe.com/author/buchi-emecheta-256189e958
Books by Chinua Achebe - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/chinua-achebe
African Writers Series - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/73176.African_Writers_Series
A Little Life - https://www.indigo.ca/products/a-little-life
The Color Purple - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52892857-the-color-purple
The First Woman by Jenniffer Nansubuga Makumbi - https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the-first-woman/
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga - https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/nervous-conditions
Bookstores in Nairobi, Kenya:
Savanis Book Centre - https://savanisbookcentre.co.ke/
Kibanga Books - https://kibangabooks.com/
Nuria Bookstore - https://nuriakenya.com/
Cheche Books - https://www.instagram.com/chechebooks/
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