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Author: Nanjala Nyabola

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Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala Nyabola is the author of the forthcoming "Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya" (ZED books/African Arguments, 2018). She is a Kenyan writer, humanitarian advocate and political analyst, currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Follow her on twitter at @Nanjala1.

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    Editor's PicksPoliticsRadical Activism in Africa
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    October 12, 2021
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    Thinking radically in Africa must start with political education

    It’s easy to dismiss education as part of the work that an activist does, but without it our activism remains reactionary, not radical. This article is ...
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    Editor's PicksSocietyTravelling While African
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    November 18, 2020
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    The pitfalls – and privileges – of travelling while Black

    Joe Shmoe may be able to backpack across Lomé with nothing more than the clothes on his back; you probably can’t. When I first started backpacking, ...
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    Not welcome here: Travelling while African

    Welcome to a new series of articles, guest edited by Nanjala Nyabola, exploring what it means to travel as black and African.  This is the first ...
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    By Nanjala Nyabola
    May 6, 2019
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    Living in Translation

    Welcome to a new series of articles, guest edited by Nanjala Nyabola, exploring the worlds our languages have built across Africa. This is the first article ...
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  • Exhibits from Michael Soi's "China Loves Africa" exhibition at the Circle Art Gallery in Nairobi. Credit: Circle Art Gallery.
    Editor's PicksKenyaSociety
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    September 18, 2018
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    Why is Africa always portrayed as a passive woman?

    Africa is often talked about as an object to be consumed. Even those who resist this discourse sometimes employ it. At the start of this month, ...
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  • When Ugandan politician Bobi Wine was arrested, people across East Africa voiced their opposition both online, through the #FreeBobiWine hashtag, and offline.
    KenyaPoliticsTop storyUganda
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    August 23, 2018
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    #FreeBobiWine and today’s Pan-Africanism for the digital age

    African activists are increasingly finding their voices amplified by allies across the continent. Most #FreeBobiWine traffic came from outside Uganda. The violent arrest, detention and now ...
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    Editor's PicksPolitics
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    January 23, 2018
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    Will the Stability Doctrine in Africa destabilise the world?

    Amidst rising discontent, foreign governments are increasingly asserting the importance of “stability”. But for whom? To what end? For how long? In 2017, the world watched ...
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    Editor's PicksKenyaPolitics
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    October 3, 2017
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    Siasa na Kusengenyana (aka When Kenyan politicians switch from English)

    Kenya’s political discourse takes place in two very different realms: one conducted in English, one not.  The Supreme Court’s ruling on 1 September was one of ...
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  • President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) and his Jubilee coalition face a strong challenge from the NASA alliance, led by Raila Odinga. Credit: AMISOM/Ilyas Ahmed.
    KenyaPolitics
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    July 10, 2017
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    Kenya’s 2017 elections will be like none before. Here’s why.

    Devolution has demystified local power and emboldened voters to assert themselves, leading to shocks all the way up the political pyramid. Kenya’s 2017 elections are set ...
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  • KenyaPolitics
    By Nanjala Nyabola
    July 19, 2016
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    Decolonise da police: How brutality was written into the DNA of Kenya’s police service

    The problem isn’t rogue elements. It’s that the Administration Police division was created under colonialism with the specific purpose of beating Africans into submission. “Severe blunt force trauma ...
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