EditorialIssue 21

Editorial: Guideposts For A Revolution

The uprising of the youth in Kenya, led by the GenZs, dismantled grandeur illusions of political power by the elite.…

Njuki Githethwa By Njuki Githethwa

Kwaheri to Vita Books After 37 Years

‘Change, like death, is inevitable’, said Karimi Nduthu. And change…

Articles Issue 21

A Bow to Shiraz Durrani: Publishing the Struggle

On January 1, 2025, in what appeared to be out…

Articles Issue 21

It’s Time for Another Story

Chemotherapy ulipe cash. Dialysis ulipe cash. Mamako auziwe mchanga kwa…

Articles Issue 21

From Struggle to Organizing: Overcoming Mental Health and Substance Abuse through Community Organizing

After finishing high school in 2012, I found myself struggling…

Articles Issue 21

Bildad Kaggia: A Legacy in Patriotic Courage

October 20th is an auspicious day on the national calendar…

Articles Issue 21 Mashujaa

Harmonies for Freedom: Might Baltic Singing Revolution Lend a Leaf to Kenya’s Political Struggles?

2 million people held hands in a 600-kilometre-long human chain crossing…

Articles Issue 21
Issue 21Poetry

Traces of Grace

May the quiet bloom  of your spirit rise like dawn …

Issue 21Poetry

Children of Palestine

The USA like the priests and Pharisees in Jesus’ day…

Issue 21Poetry

Auri Sacra Fames

The barons, tycoons, hustlers, Moguls, big shots— Thieves, the lot…

Issue 21Poetry

Under the Jacaranda Tree

Under the Jacaranda tree my unruly hair is caressed  by…

Issue 21Poetry

Prayer for the Taken

You told me that sometimes, in the dark of the…

Issue 21Poetry

Wailing for a Nation

Wrist shackled in pairs,  they sat shoulder to shoulder on…

Issue 19Poetry

From Hand to Mouth

Kenya imekuwa a residence of evil.  The chief justice sleeps…

Issue 19Poetry

Times are Tough, na No One Can Stomach it

Wazee wamelose hope, nao watoi wanarun from home juu ya…

ArticlesIssue 21Mashujaa

Bildad Kaggia: A Legacy in Patriotic Courage

October 20th is an auspicious day on the national calendar for what it means for the freedom struggle Kenya. At…

By Njuki Githethwa
Issue 19Mashujaa

Syotune wa Kathuke

For as long as Kenya has existed, Kenyans have resisted oppression. Oppression from colonizers and…

By Mwende Kyalo
Mashujaa

MWAKENYA HOUSE: A Bastion of Revolution in the Heart of Kenya

On the outskirts of Nairobi, where the city's bustle fades into the quiet of Kiambu…

By Tafahri Munjatta
Issue 8Mashujaa

Profile of Field Marshall Mûthoni wa Kîrîma

Muthoni wa Kirima is a retired top-ranking female fighter in the Kenya Land and Freedom…

By Njuki Githethwa

Eshivachi

By Ozone

Kenya Twendapi

By Bwana Mdogo

Dream

By Bwana Mdogo

Celeste

By Celeste
Book ReviewIssue 21

Keeping the Anger Burning. A Review of Darius Okolla’s Generation #Occupy: The Anatomy of an Evolving Riot

Darius Okolla’s Generation #Occupy: The Anatomy of an Evolving Riot is brilliant, well written and delivered with sparkling clarity of thought.  Structured like an entry point into the abyss that the period between May and August 2024 was, each chapter…

By Kingwa Kamencu
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