Why Africa Is Not A Country And Other Short Stories
On the annoying conflation of the continent as a whole with specific countries within it.
John Githongo
“We need to ask ourselves whether this model of democracy we have today in Africa, that dates back to the early 1990s, is now tired in its current permutation.”
Kenyans Have Abdicated Their Social Contract With Each Other
We must seek alternative leadership that understands that when the social contract in a society is broken, the society itself breaks down.
Sitawa Namwalie
Becoming a poet, playwright and performing artist has been a process of recovery and re-remembering for Sitawa Namwalie, of going back to her roots.
Ann McCreath
On pranic healing and why alternative forms of treatment are gaining more traction globally.
Gabriel Dolan
In 1982, a young Irish priest arrived in Kenya to take up his first missionary posting in the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar in Turkana. FATHER GABRIEL DOLAN couldn’t have come to the country at a more challenging time; President Daniel arap Moi was tightening the screws on all forms of opposition to his rule, and […]
Martha Karua
On the state of politics and the economy in Kenya today from the “Iron Lady” of Kenyan Politics.
When Will the #MeToo Movement Reach the UN?
The #MeToo movement has been instrumental in raising awareness about the everyday violations and indignities that female athletes and women from all walks of life have to endure at the hands of men, a lot of times powerful men who can affect fates. It has also encouraged more women to sue their abusers, even if the abusers are rich and powerful. And an increasing number of courts across the world are ruling in favour of the victims. In May, for instance, a New York jury found former US President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store, and awarded the latter $5 million in damages. Trump has been denying the charge all along, and even claims to not know who Carroll is. He is appealing the decision.
Stop the Violence in Our Homes, Schools, and Streets!
A few years ago, I asked a departing French diplomat what his impressions were about Kenya. I expected him to say how beautiful the country was, how nice the weather was and how much he would miss the country and its people. To my surprise, he told me that his experience of the country convinced him that Kenya is a violent society.
Niger, An Indictment Against French Neocolonialism
The recent coup d’etat in Niger that toppled the democratically elected government of president Mohamed Bazoum has highlighted a disturbing trend emerging in several West African countries: the resurgence of unconstitutional means to bring about regime change. In the last three years, there have been military takeovers in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Guinea.
