10 min read. This is the journal of the journeys of a Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) team studying natural resource management in Marsabit District. Our...
16 min read. In this final part of a three-part series, PAUL GOLDSMITH traces the rise and fall of the lowland-coastal regions of East Africa and...
14 min read. In this second part of a three-part series, PAUL GOLDSMITH explains why, instead of being a solution to the problem of food insecurity,...
9 min read. In this first part of a three-part series, PAUL GOLDSMITH questions the wisdom of Kenya’s prioritisation of big dam projects in the face...
17 min read. Lamu, home to the Islamic tradition that is most resistant to religious extremism in the region, has become a battleground in the longstanding...
13 min read. Falling fertility and mortality rates have put Kenya in line to reap the same demographic dividend that powered the rise of the Asian...
13 min read. The pent-up frustrations over the failures of previous generations, as expressed in the Elephant’s Millennial Edition, may signal the emergence of a new,...
13 min read. The planet is getting smarter. Inanimate objects from phones to houses are becoming intelligent. The vehicle of the information technology revolution has been...
17 min read. During the early 1800s, the Nuer of South Sudan began pushing out of their traditional homeland and increased their territory four-fold at the...
12 min read. Political culture is an elusive creature. It is pervasive but invisible, like the oxygen that energizes our social organization and economy. It is...
