Kylie Kiunguyu

Kylie Kiunguyu is a communications specialist that has a penchant for poetry. She is a published contributor to the anthologies "Akello" and "A side of raunch" and describes her poetry as tactile prose that illuminate the intense emotions and spaces of everyday life. She contributes to several publications and hopes to use her writer’s voice to shed light on less publicised subject matter and marginalised groups

Arts, Culture and Sport2 years ago
UNESCO picks a side in the unceasing Jollof rice war
Ceebu jën (Wolof), Thiéboudiène (French), or Senegalese jollof rice has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The consequence is even...
Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago
Dakar Fashion Week turns 20 on the historic island of Gorée
Senegal marked 20 years of innovative fashion by displaying 20 designers from all over Africa, including Angola, Morocco, Mali, Mozambique, and South Africa, on the controversial...
Politics and Society3 years ago
COP27: Blue solutions and opportunities for Africa
The World Bank announced at COP27 that it is pioneering a ‘Blue Economy for Resilient Africa' Program. The program will work to protect and develop Africa’s...
Arts, Culture and Sport3 years ago
German-born Pro Fencer Alexandra Ndolo places for Kenya at the Fencing World cup
Alexandra Ndolo, who has made impressive strides in various European U23 circuits, chose to wear the colours of her fatherland for the fencing World cup in...
Politics and Society3 years ago
Barbados PM slams industrialised nations for failing the developing world in the climate crisis
In the ongoing COP27 climate talks, Barbados PM Mia Mottley delivered a razing speech about the destructive effects of climate change, the lack of support and...

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Kylie Kiunguyu

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UNESCO picks a side in the unceasing Jollof rice war

Dakar Fashion Week turns 20 on the historic island of Gorée

COP27: Blue solutions and opportunities for Africa

German-born Pro Fencer Alexandra Ndolo places for Kenya at the Fencing World cup

Barbados PM slams industrialised nations for failing the developing world in the climate crisis

The silence that dictatorship taught us

Kenya’s Constitution under siege: A decade of efforts to centralise power

Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?

Reelecting William Samoei Ruto

Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them

On the Kenyan economy under William Ruto’s presidency

Samia Suluhu’s discomfiting revelation: Gender alone does not inoculate one from dictatorship and demagoguery

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – Decolonial icon, writer and Mwalimu: A voice silenced, but never forgotten – An obituary

How should development practice (and institutions) approach the coming reforms in the aid sector?

Remembering an African icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — 10 quotes Part 2

Remembering an African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o —10 quotes: Part 1

Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time

Africa Liberation Week 2025: Africans Rising to host over 850 Actions

The Climate Movement must do more organizing than mobilizing

Reform or retreat? The Catholic church in Africa after Pope Francis

America’s tariff wars present no upside opportunities for African economies

Straight talk on African elites’ complacency: the case of Kenya

In search of African inspiration? Aliko Dangote more than inspires

African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’ global dominance

Opinion — Pan-Africanist and global development expert Brian Kagoro reiterates longstanding opposition to ZIDERA

What does the Bible say about homosexuality? For starters, Jesus wasn’t a homophobe

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

Africans Rising concludes reconstitution of governance structure – New Coordinating Collective takes office

Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 – what’s behind his staying power

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

Zimbabwean writer Andrew Chatora awarded for land-themed novel in New York

Cartoon | UK High Court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Borderless Africa: Free movement in Africa is a step towards complete decolonisation

Africans Rising statement on Niger coup

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

“Unapologetic about the youth revolution,” — in conversation with Youth4Parliament’s Mary Mwaba

In conversation with indefatigable Nigerian human rights defender — Abdulahi Bilah

Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Getting a grip on Borderless Africa’s foot soldiers

In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy

Opinion | PanAfricanists must seek a radical cure for the open wound that is the state in Africa

Ghetto Kids: what’s behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point

Ghana ranked Africa’s best and Eritrea worst in World Press Freedom Index

On abortions: Empathy over judgement