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AFRICAN WOMEN: MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By Oriyomi Adebare Many things have been said about the African woman and she has been repeatedly stereotyped as the weaker sex, the one who must live in the shadow of her husband, the one who has no...
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Grey Generation
By Esther Idza; Kenya Grey generation Our elders say we are a lost generation, one with nothing to show for our existence. For our grandparents fought for Kenya’s independence, And our parents laid the...
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People
By Taribo Osuobeni From the day that I was born my color put me at a disadvantage. Like my hands were tied around my back, pulling and tugging and bugging about why from birth I started at the bottom...
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African Poetry Anthology
By Kristin Wilson Recently, a number of us have begun assembling works, notably poetry, written in African languages on a blog titled “The African Poetry Anthology”. In one sense this endeavour is...
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Cultural Innovation through the Telling of Stories and Fables
By Ayo Morakinyo, Nigeria Growing up was fun for me because I loved listening to stories and often learnt vital lessons from them. I remember the interesting fables of ijapa (the tortoise), that...
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Same Old Tricks, Just a Different Day
By Andrew Mulembe; Kenya Remember when we were kids and made fittingly childish threats when our parents’ denied us our guilty pleasures for our own good? Yes. Now, remember when our parents’ caved in...
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Afrikanah
By Rebecca Njeri; Kenya The inevitable thing about being decolonized is that a part of you leaves with the colonizers, and a part of them stays with you. They market your “native” dances fueled by...
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Creating Sustainable Social Enterprises: A Reflection on the Clinton Global...
By Muyambi Muyambi The majority of young people I have met at conferences want to begin nonprofits, which is undoubtedly a noble cause. It is almost the new trend but it is one fraught with negative...
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Bounty-Hunter
By Rebecca Njeri; Kenya I became a bounty-hunter when I was thirty-three years old. The first time a woman approached me with a bounty on her man, I was shell-shocked. I couldn’t wrap my mind around...
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The Other Side of The Border
By Alexis Teyie, Kenya I was finally brave enough (i.e. so grieved as to convince myself I cannot possibly be further moved) to look at images from South Sudan. CAR is unpalatable, Eastern DRC I...
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