I come back home a worried man, even more perturbed than I was before, about the march of colonialism under the guise of conservation.
For us hood folk – no matter where we land – especially if we survive the hood – then it is forever home
Growing up in Mathare, we all start out with beautiful dreams. A dream of becoming a doctor, police, engineer, professor, pilot, and so many more. Teachers...
Yet, even with this heaviness, the digital world has offered many families unable to mourn physically with their loved ones the opportunity to be inclusive.
Now there are vaccines. But many are begging the universe, screams of grief erupting within them, with no one to hear. Elsewhere there are enough vaccines...
To riff off James Baldwin, there will be a fire next time in South Africa. The embers and kindling are in place. What matters is what...
Welcome, compañeroas, compañeras and compañeros zapatistas, to the diverse geographies of the continent that will soon be renamed Slumil K’ajxemk’op.
Kenneth David Kaunda was one of a generation of African leaders of a caliber that Africa will not see again.
Not even the privilege of the national honour of the Order of the Golden Warrior of Kenya (OGW) and his personal acquaintance with the country’s top...
Seeking escape in the art of Chadwick Boseman and the writings of Obama and Ta-Nehisi Coates in a time of trauma.
A force was rooted in our bloodline, passing from generation to generation unseen, creeping up and snatching a life as it bloomed.
The common narrative is that imperialism, colonialism and Western staples have influenced the non-Western world. But the Global South too is impacting the West, one plate...