by Joyce J. Wangui –Kenya– As the quest for working abroad heightens for many skilled and semi-skilled Kenyans, only a handful understand the implications of working in countries where labor laws are ignored. Media reports of brutality toward foreign laborers …
Pursuit of Greener Pastures in Saudi Arabia Spells Doom for Kenyan Immigrants Read more »
by Rachel Muthoni –Kenya– Since they were evicted from the Mau Forest complex two years ago, more than 10,000 families have known no better life than that of suffering, sleeping in the cold, hunger, and lack of access to basic …
Food Is Priority for Children Evicted From Kenya’s Mau Forest Read more »
by Liz McGinn –UK– Every year the BBC runs a huge televised fundraising event called Comic Relief. Its aim is to raise as much money as possible for worthwhile causes in the UK and Africa. The fundraising, undertaken by both …
“Informal Settlement” Status Discriminates Against Residents in Africa’s Largest Slum Read more »
by Rachel Muthoni – Kenya – If only Kenyan society would choose to understand their kin and friends who are HIV-positive, deaths resulting from this virus could be reduced significantly. But the stigma associated with being infected or affected by …
by Nola Solomon –USA– “Jambo! Karibu! Karibu!*” shout the villagers of Chyulu Hills as they shake our hands each day. Their enthusiasm is infectious, like the diseases that ravage them. Women wrapped in traditional sarong dresses cook the meal we …
Karibu Kenya: Severe Water Shortages Unnoticed in Resorts and Safaris Read more »
by Sarah Wyatt – USA – Years of hardship and backbreaking labor in the riot-stricken slums of Kibera in south Kenya have worn 18 year old Eshe Koome to the bone. A single mother of two, she walked out on …
Kenya’s Kazuri Bead Factory Allows Women from Kibera Slum to Build New Lives Read more »
by Philo Ikonya – Kenya – The women of Kenya have always been aware of injustice in our society, all through the years. And they have fought for justice: in 1922 Mary Nyanjiru faced the colonialist’s gun fearlessly after stating …
Kenya Is Burning: Women’s Voices Are Missing in the Making of the Nation Read more »
by Philo Ikonya – Kenya – Dear Njeri, Tonight, I am unable to sleep. You see, my country – our country – is on fire. It is almost the end of February: is it the end of Kenya as we …
A Letter to Njeri – a Kenyan Sister Who Received Death Threats After the Elections Read more »
by Shailja Patel – Kenya – A February 7th article in The Economist, “Ethnic Cleansing in Luoland,” dangerously presents the crisis in Kenya as an issue of inter-communal violence. It focuses on the violent attacks on Kikuyu Kenyans in Western …
by Rosemary Okello – Kenya – Walking through Mefa Creations, a local organization specializing in African designs and located along Ngong Road in Nairobi, you are greeted with bold African colors, local jewelry and clothing made from African fabrics. The …
Local African Designs Speak the Language of Youth Read more »