Tracing the Roots of Benga
WEBOct 19, 2017 · “You cannot sing African music in proper English.” – Fela Kuti Now, more than 40 years later, it might be difficult to imagine that Kenyan Benga music was associated with freedom fighters in Rhodesia’s Bush War (the Chimurenga) in the late 1960s through to the late 1970s. In the fight to end white minority rule
Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?
WEBMar 5, 2021 · It was a hot and dusty day in January 2019. Sam had been driving me around Nairobi since my first visit, ten years earlier. I often float ideas past him as we endure interminable traffic.
The Luo Problem - The Elephant
WEBOct 30, 2017 · The biggest frustration for a rational thinking Kenyan, is the flimsy justification of extra-judicial killings by the police. Whether it is the Wagalla Massacre (they provoked the government), displacement and killing of Kikuyus during our tumultuous electoral cycles in the 1990s (they should know how to vote), or the state-sanctioned shoot-to-kill of the Mungiki (they
Laikipia Land Crisis: A Ticking Time Bomb - The Elephant
WEBOct 22, 2021 · Source: Ministry of Lands. Most of these large-scale ranches — many of which have an integrated economic system that includes livestock, horticulture, wildlife conservation and tourism — were acquired during the colonial period and legislation governing their ownership was taken from the colonial law and integrated into the constitution of independent Kenya under the land transfer ...
The Ideology of Uthamaki
WEBAug 7, 2017 · The Elephant in conversation with Edwin Mutemi wa Kiama. The Elephant is a platform for dialogue, discovering the pursuit of Truth, epitomized by a willingness to re-imagine state and society.
State of Hunger: Unravelling Kenya’s Food Crisis - The Elephant
WEBSep 29, 2023 · Although the country produces enough food to feed the population, economic access remains a challenge. Kenya’s rate of self-sufficiency in the production and availability of food is 90.3 per cent against an import dependency of 12.7 per cent, but on the four indicators of the Global Food Security Index in 2022, Kenya scored 41.3 per cent on affordability, the only indicator where the country ...
Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization - The Elephant
WEBJan 13, 2023 · This is the first of a two-part series that assesses the historical progress of the Pan-African movement and considers the global political economy, the relevance of Pan-Africanism in the 21st century and its potential to impact economic and political development within Africa and its diaspora.
The Ndung’u Report: Annexe Vol. 1 - The Elephant
WEBReport of the Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal/Irregular Allocation of Public Land (in Kenya) presented to President Mwai Kibaki June 2004. Companies, Road By-Passes, Road Reserves, Municipalities, Parastatals, Ministries and Settlement Schemes.
I Write What I Like: Steve Biko’s Legacy of Black Consciousness and ...
WEBAug 27, 2021 · In 2015 students at South African universities rose up in a mass revolt. Young women and men born after the end of apartheid in 1994 demanded free education; they forcefully insisted that tuition fees be scrapped, and also that the contents, methodologies and academic teachers reflect the post-apartheid ‘free’ South Africa.
Revisiting the Legacy and Lessons of the Nigerian Civil War: A ...
WEBMar 29, 2024 · The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, lasted from 1967 to 1970, and resulted in the deaths of over a million people. The secession of Biafra was a response to perceived marginalization against the Igbo people, and grievances regarding representation and power. Gavin Williams argues that despite almost sixty years since end of the war, its legacy continues to shape Nigerian ...