Lutivini Majanja: You Can Go Free
Lutivini Majanja traces the links between past and present terrors, making it plain that a seemingly ‘common-sense’ association of education with incarceration in the Kenyan imagination is the literal afterlife of one of the most brutal episodes of British colonial history anywhere. This article was written as part of 'DETENTION' a multimedia installation curated by the Museum of British Colonialism, African Digital Heritage and Baraza Media Lab.
Mau Mau Detention
Greetings, friends: This past week I had the immense privilege of moderating Nanjala Nyabola’s launch for her second book, Travelling While Black. […]
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 […]
Legal Clinic for Creatives with Liz Lenjo
Baraza Media Lab recently organized a legal clinic that was specifically designed to help creative entrepreneurs learn the intricacies of the Kenyan […]
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, […]
Isaac Otidi Amuke: Journalism, the Essential Non-Essential? (Non-fiction)
On April 22, Johannesburg-based Kenyan photographer, Cedric Nzaka, took to Twitter to share his latest conquest. He had shot the cover for […]
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 […]