Legal Clinic Recap
https://mailchi.mp/0d75ecb4c693/legal-clinic-recap-traveling-while-black-and-the-three-musketeers Greetings, friends: I hope you are well as can be at this time as we look forward to the end of…
Softie Reflection
Greetings, friends: I hope you’ve had a good and productive fortnight, the weeks are flying by! We’ve been busy at Baraza, hosting…
Jacaranda Propaganda
Greetings, friends: I hope all is well with you and yours, all factors considering. We’re well into #jacarandapropaganda season, and as Nanjala…
Glimmers of Light and Joy
So U.S. President Donald Trump just tested positive for the coronavirus, are we about to get into the season finale of 2020?…
Dont Waste The Audience
This week I’ve been thinking about Wambui Kamiru Collymore, widow of the late Bob Collymore, CEO of Kenyan media telco Safaricom until…
Remembering Black Panther
Two and a half years ago, on a cold February evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I put on my kitenge long-sleeved dress, leggings,…
The Havoc of Choice
Greetings, friends: Over the past week I’ve been reading Wanjiru Koinange’s debut novel The Havoc of Choice, set in those tumultuous weeks…
Reopening The Baraza
Greetings, friends: Happy new month! We reopened Baraza at the beginning of July, and we’ve been pleased to see many of you…
Stress Testing Journalism
Greetings, friends: One of my favourite websites on the Internet today is The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a compendium of invented words…
Saba Saba
Greetings, friends: This week marked the 30th anniversary of the Kenyan pro-democracy demonstrations we colloquially call Saba Saba (7th July). If you…
Police As a Symbol of Violence
Greetings, friends: In last week’s newsletter, I talked about how the upheaval in the past few months have resulted some conversations are…
Global Protests
Greetings, friends: In the past two weeks, protests have erupted around the world – and here too, in Kenya – demanding an…