Surviving on the Fringes: Deception of Social Housing
‘Maendeleo ni watu, si vitu(Development should focus on people, not things)’ - Julius Nyerere The tailor who operates a small tailoring shop a few metres from my house, likely in…
You Cannot Fence Freedom
I am in Nairobi, seated in close proximity to the Nairobi Arboretum. I’m in deep thought about recent proposals to impose entry charges to Nairobi’s largest park, Uhuru Park. This…
Passion and Principle: An attempt at a Mwamko Story
Imagine a meeting of dreamers in a wide, lush and green compound sitting at the edge of the highest point of Africa, swarmed, at this time, by organizers and activists…
Dignity or Death: Notes from Maisha Pub
I am at my local hangout, Maisha Pub, reflecting on many things after slaving all week, selling my labor for almost nothing. On weekends, you'll find me and a few…
Let’s get Free: Notes of Struggle to the Third World
"We have a beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world." — Marcus GarveySilent sorrows, like open wounds, are a marker of the damned…
Photo Credits: Tobias Wanyoike.
Simple Complexities and Complex Simplicities: Reflections from the People’s Climate Summit
Ruth Mumbi In September 2023, I attended the People's Climate Summit at the Nairobi Green Park. This People's summit was an alternative space co-created by progressive movements across the globe…
If We Must Win: A Love Letter to My Little Brother
By Alieu Bah Peace. As all addresses should begin. This is for you. A letter, an epistle, a scroll in a bottle. Whatever you want to make it, be the…
NURTURING REVOLUTIONARY HOPE: TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION FOR A DECOLONIZED FUTURE
In February 2023, we gathered at MS-TCDC in Arusha, Tanzania, for the Activist in Residence (AiR) program, a month-long engagement aimed at bringing together progressive organisers, theorists, writers, artists, activists,…