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 […]