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The mothers’ hunger strike that captivated a nation and bequeathed us freedom
The newspaper clippings are now yellowed with age. It’s been more than 30 years since they captured the hunger strike by mothers of political prisoners, and especially the unforgettable incident…
My Dress My Choice as a Statement of the Class Struggle
Ni nywele yangu. (It’s my natural hair). I have probably said this statement more times than I have said my name is Wavinya and it means the one with power…
May the Cries of the Marginalised Not Go Unnoticed Like Tears in the Rain
It is the season of the long rains. Humankind has its plans, but nature laughs at them – the recent…
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Multitudes Within; Multitudes Without.
Until Protest Becomes Uprising Last night two men were killed by the police Which means it will not be long…
COVID-19 as a Site of Struggle for Decent Universal Healthcare
What the COVID-19 pandemic has primarily exposed is the severe…
Eight consciousnesses out of the ghetto
Random musings by Njuki Githethwa “Before you take a shortcut…
The Story of Yusuf bin Hassan aka Dom Jeronimo, the Last Swahili Sultan of Mombasa
By Judy Aldrick* In 1592, the island of Mombasa was…
Unity of the Left in Kenya: Dreams or Reality?
Langston Hughes, the African – American poet, novelist and social…
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A new dawn is on the horizon
A new year has arrived It’s the year 2023 Ukombozi Review rolls on in the year Sauntering ahead, unfettered by…
In the Fog of the Seasons’ End
Alex La Guma, the South African novelist who was exiled for long in Cuba wrote the novel, In the Fog…
Lessons from Jesus, the First Revolutionary and Socialist I was indirectly Taught About
Bob Marley was a Rastafari, believed in Jah and the Ethiopian God, but often quoted the Bible. We are taught…
Sabbath Meditation: What is way forward for the Kenyan left?
Sunday! It is a great day. The sunshine is filtering through my window and there is a refreshing gust of…
Now I know why I’ll be back
My past is here where I see my foot printson this red of volcanic soil I try putting on my…
The women in my life
By Bulimu Chole Since childhood, my great aunts, my grandmothers and the older women of my clan have been referring…
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