Murder on a Festive Occasion for our People
Kinuthia Ndung’u & Alieu BahLast year, tragedy struck on one of the holiest and merriest of times for the Christian faithful in Kenya after the discovery of four bodies near…
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,…