EditorialIssue 18

Revolution is in the Air in Kenya: Maandamano Edition

The uprising led by the youth in Kenya was, and  still is,…

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A Change is Coming, and it’s Coming Soon: A snippet of the Gen Z protests in Kenya

The first time I watched Sarafina! I was about 13 years old.…

ArticlesIssue 18

Everything Must Fall, Everything Must Change

The youth in Kenya are no joke. They stormed the National Assembly in Kenya on 25 June 2024. They set…

Njuki Githethwa By Njuki Githethwa

‘First Win the Mind’: The Need for a War of Position in Kenya

Towards the end of her lecture at the 2012 Mwalimu…

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Legacy Unbroken: The Oath of 2033

In the eerie silence that hung over Nairobi in 2033,…

Articles Issue 19

Mama Mboga Dialogue With Zakayo

(Inside a lavish office, arranged the same way as Mr.…

Articles Issue 19

The Struggle and Suffering of Writers

"The novelist struggles and the poet suffers." This pithy statement,…

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Issue 19Poetry

The Ruler of the Demons Will Flee

The ruler of the demons long possessed you! And gave…

Issue 19Poetry

The Litter We Treasure

Literature or literate treasure or literate erasure all lit little…

Issue 19Poetry

The Teetotaler

The son of our mothers once liked his tales He…

Issue 19Poetry

Let’s Create a Revolution

Rex Masai showed us the way Freedom has never been…

Issue 19Poetry

Homeland or Death, My Love.

Yesterday mothers cried They flocked the morgues Their children murdered…

Poetry

What Kind Of Times Are These?

Dedicated to the GEN Zs and fellow youth who took…

Poetry

Night Runner

A crude man is at the helm; Like a constant…

Poetry

We Are Now The New Wakuru – GenZ

Gava inamada mayouth na ndo future Ilibidi mayouth watake to…

Issue 19Mashujaa

Syotune wa Kathuke

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

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
Issue 7Mashujaa

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 divided between the Portuguese and…

By Judy Aldrick

Mtukufu Lies

By Bwana Mdogo

Eshivachi

By Ozone

Arap Singh

By Bwana Mdogo
ArticlesIssue 17

Bandits against a neo–colonial state

I just came out of a police cell, after spending the entire weekend there. Reason for my arrest? I recorded two police officers on video assaulting my friend and later arresting him. The police were not in uniform and they…

By Darwin Wangechi

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