Kenya
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Mau Mau: Mukami Kimathi’s swansong to a city at war
72 years after the Declaration of Emergency in Kenya triggered one of the bloodiest anti-colonial wars in history, little has changed for survivors. Mukami ... -
Moving the Talai: How the British tried, and failed, to eliminate the native prophets of the Rift Valley
The evidence of colonial Britain’s attempt to eliminate the Talai a century ago is only now coming to light, as the last of the ... -
Debt and the Gen Z protests: The moral economy of the African crowd
A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya’s youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt? The ... -
“The roof does all the work”: The rise of green roofs in Nairobi
Planting vegetation on buildings can bring many perks for those that can afford them, but the environmental benefits should not be overstated. The apartment ... -
“This flood has caused a massive shift”: Surviving in Kenya’s slums
Washington Mboya, an environmentalist in Nairobi, describes the effects of and response to the devastating floods in the city’s poorest areas. By the latest ... -
Kenya at 60: Field notes from the neocolony, and the civilising politics of betterment in the Ruto Hustler era
Despite the veneer of progress, what does a historical critique of East Africa’s capitalist beacon reveal? Just four years after independence, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga ...
