Jaramogi Oginga Odinga: The Man Kenya Can Never Forget
Jan 31, 2019 · Jaramogi Oginga Odinga death anniversary on January 20 th, twenty-five years since his passing, was marked quietly in a manner that diminishes his immense contribution to the Kenyan national project. If Thomas Joseph (TJ) Mboya was the young man that Kenya wanted to forget, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga is the grand old man who Kenya can never forget.
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David Ndii - The Elephant
David Ndii is a leading Kenyan economist and public intellectual. Posted in Opinion. Notes on the Division of Revenue Debate: Five Points to Ponder
Tracing the Roots of Benga
Oct 19, 2017 · The book begins in the mid-1940s in the post World War II period with the return of the soldiers in the King’s African Rifle regiment. The King’s African Rifles East African battalion fought in several campaigns for the British during the First and Second World War.
I Write What I Like: Steve Biko’s Legacy of Black Consciousness and ...
Aug 27, 2021 · In 2015 students at South African universities rose up in a mass revolt. Young women and men born after the end of apartheid in 1994 demanded free education; they forcefully insisted that tuition fees be scrapped, and also that the contents, methodologies and academic teachers reflect the post-apartheid ‘free’ South Africa.
The Kitenge Route: The algorithms and aesthetics of African fabrics
Feb 21, 2019 · The Kitenge Route: The algorithms and aesthetics of African fabrics. Every digital circuit in the world, has its unlikely origin very long ago in Africa, and the humble kitenge is just part of a much bigger legacy. Christine Mungai is a writer and journalist based in Kenya. Currently, she is the curator for Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi, a co ...
Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization - The Elephant
Jan 13, 2023 · This study examines Pan-Africanism in practice and historical attempts to create international African unity. The latter analysis attempts to investigate the relevance of the Pan-African movement in the 21st century and beyond, as the momentum of the movement has waned since Africa’s independence era. Finally, this essay attempts to analyse ...
Southern Cameroon: War and No Peace - The Elephant
Jan 27, 2023 · In power since 1982, Cameroon President Paul Biya has ruled autocratically for more than four decades. While Cameroon is officially bilingual, one manifestation of such authoritarian governance is the persistent marginalization of the minority English-speaking population in the Northwest and Southwest regions, the former British Southern Cameroons.
Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?
Mar 5, 2021 · This included long lists of “sub-tribes” for groups such as Swahili, Kalenjin, Mijikenda and Luhya, as well a considerable number of newly recognised ethnic groups, including Nubians (last counted in 1948 as “Sudanese”). The political mood was an inclusive one, seeking peace and inter-ethnic harmony.
State of Hunger: Unravelling Kenya’s Food Crisis - The Elephant
Sep 29, 2023 · Although the country produces enough food to feed the population, economic access remains a challenge. Kenya’s rate of self-sufficiency in the production and availability of food is 90.3 per cent against an import dependency of 12.7 per cent, but on the four indicators of the Global Food Security Index in 2022, Kenya scored 41.3 per cent on affordability, the only indicator where the country ...