PinnedResuscitating our doctors’ unionKMPDU is in ICU unconscious and gasping for airFeb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Sipping on Strife — The complex mug of tea, labour and resistance in Kenya.Trouble is brewing in Kenya as tea pickers, akin to the Luddites in industrialising Britain, are actively dismantling tea picking…Mar 5, 2024Mar 5, 2024
Why we struggle to fight corruption(Reason 2) Focusing on transparency and accountabilityFeb 27, 2024Feb 27, 2024
The African EliteThey were “anticolonial” in opposing rule by foreigners, but not “decolonial” in that they didn’t want to dismantle the colonial…Feb 12, 2024Feb 12, 2024
Wave after waveDoes the course of African politics unfold in waves? The wave of independence in the 60s, the wave of democratisation in the 90s.Feb 5, 20241Feb 5, 20241
Why were the 2000s so good?One of the less talked about effects of the rise of the Trans Atlantic trade in the 16th century was how it decimated internal African…Jan 27, 2024Jan 27, 2024
Africa is a countryExamining the historical trends of economic growth in Kenya reveals that our most prosperous decades were the initial one (1963–1973) and…Jan 21, 2024Jan 21, 2024
Colonialism in the 21st centuryStudying African history and politics reveals the differences and the nuanced nature of colonialism across the continent, shaped by local…Jan 19, 2024Jan 19, 2024
IF YOU WERE TO COLLAPSE SUDDENLY, WHO. SHOULD YOU CALL?While travelling in the country side,away from the big towns, have you ever thought of what exactly would happen if you were to get…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020