Climate Hypocrisy
This week, I came across a blog post on the Center for Global Development that highlighted, in stark terms, the vast inequality […]
The Trauma Of Content Moderation
One of my all-time favourite TV shows is Black Mirror, that exquisite show exploring the disturbing side of technology set in a […]
Go To Work, Get Your Money, Go Home
I hope you’re having a good first week of the month. I’ve been thinking about an article I read in The New […]
New Year, New Things
Welcome to our first Barua Ya Baraza of 2022, and happy new year – I insist, the year is still new. I […]
Last One For 2021
The year is already over! It’s been a great year of big wins and humbling losses, but at the end of it, […]
Two Years of Baraza
It’s been two years already since we launched Baraza Media Lab! That December in 2019, it felt like both the culmination of […]
The Scholarship Challenge
There’s a TikTok challenge that has me laughing out of my seat every time I come across it – for those uninitiated […]
Pandora Papers Astroturfing
It’s been a month since the Pandora Papers story broke, drawing from a trove of 11.6 million documents obtained by the International Consortium […]
Each Other’s Promises
By Wanjiru Nguhi This week’s newsletter is continuing the tradition of inviting members of our community to write From The Curator’s Desk, […]
Nobel Prize Win
Greetings, friends: This week’s big news was that the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists, Maria Ressa co-founder […]
Monkey Business
Greetings, friends: I’ve been thinking about that monkey that shut down the Kenya Power grid a few years ago. It’s strange, the way the […]
Childlike Creativity
By Nepurko, Greetings, friends: This week’s newsletter is continuing the tradition of inviting members of our community to write From The Curator’s […]