Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension
Greetings, friends: I’ve been thinking about Nigeria’s Twitter suspension, which the country’s government put into effect two days after the social media […]
Telling The Time
Greetings, friends: I’ve been watching the documentary Fire In The Blood on Netflix slowly over a number of days in the past […]
The 77 days of January
Greetings, friends: Instead of saying ‘I hope this newsletter finds you well’, I’m instead going to say I hope you made it […]
There Is Always Something Left To Love
This has been a heavy couple of weeks, and I am almost bereft of words at the passing of Lorna Irungu-Macharia, who […]
The Yarn Whisperer
Greetings, friends: This week’s newsletter is a little different as I’m handing over this week’s From The Curator’s Desk to my colleague […]
Croissant Yousouf
I couldn’t resist starting this week’s newsletter with Youssouf Katari. In case you missed it, @Tasty – a hitherto mostly uncomplicated foodie […]
Keyboard Warriors
Greetings, friends: I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe at this time. This week Kenyans online showed up in […]
Liberation Jazz and Soul
Greetings, friends: I heard it said, somewhere, that the days are long but the years are short. How true this is, especially […]
State Sanctioned Lying
The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.” – Rosa Luxemburg A few years ago […]
Our First For 2021
Happy new year! I hope you held onto that feeling of newness at the beginning of the year, however brief the moment […]
Our Last Newsletter Of The Year December
Welcome to the last newsletter of 2020! I’m sure you’ll agree with me that this has been one wild ride of a […]
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. […]