Martha Karua’s selection as a deputy presidential candidate has helped put gender equality on the Kenyan election agenda.
Arts, Culture and Sport Celebrating the Kenyan poet, Grandmaster Masese who preserved the Abagusii culture through poetry and song
Masese worked his whole life to preserve the Gusii culture.
Politics and Society Passport privilege and Visa apartheid: Africans as unwanted visitors in Europe and America
Africans, whether applying for a US, UK, or German visa, are racially profiled, discriminated, and humiliated. Visa rejections rates are staggering. African applicants are over twice as likely to be refused a visa than applicants from other parts of the world.
Politics and Society The opportunities for BPO and gig work in a post-Covid Africa
The world of work has evolved rapidly in the past two years. Increased digitisation has made remote work, gig work, and BPO become mainstream – how can Africa get into the ring?
Politics and Society Kenya election 2022: the candidates, issues and role of money in a fierce contest
That there is no clear favourite to win in the upcoming Kenyan election shows the campaigning has been relatively free and competitive.
Arts, Culture and Sport Book Review: New African poetry turns history pictures to the wall
Old Love Skin, a pan-African poetry collection, finds new voices summoning divinity where they please, and turning history pictures to the wall to fill in the blank negatives with ambivalence, impiety and intrigue. Poetry is, here, voice and breath, medicine and blood, origin and trace, unresolvedly tangled in a witching combat.
Arts, Culture and Sport Beyoncé has helped usher in a renaissance for African artists
With Renaissance, Beyoncé is again shaping pop culture, honouring black disco pioneers and Africa’s rise.
Politics and Society Racism in South Africa: why the ANC has failed to dismantle patterns of white privilege
Non-racialism is one of the unexamined dogmas of the governing ANC, which has never fully understood how white racism functions.
Politics and Society Cartoon | President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hefty retirement package
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will leave office after serving two terms. The Presidential Retirement Benefits Act entitle him to KSh 34.7 million (USD 294,000) lump sum pension for the two terms served, an annual gratuity of KSh 72 million (USD 604, 000), amongst other benefits.