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By Mary Serumaga

4 min read. From the point of view of the youth, it makes perfect sense to line up by the roadside and wait for money to...

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Africa’s Beautyful Ones Were Born in the ’80s, Old Men, Black and White, Have Never Been More Afraid

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9 min read. From Khartoum to Kampala, from Ouagadougou to Lusaka, the revolt of Africa’s youth against the ageing strongmen of the liberation era is reconfiguring...

WADE IN TROUBLED WATERS: A message to Kenya’s youth

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WADING INTO TROUBLED WATERS: A message to Kenya’s youth

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9 min read. *This reflection is dedicated to my spiritual son, Jesse Masai, and several others like him who constantly wrestle with the question of their...

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