Rasna Warah
latest news & developmentsKenya is the wrong example
"I am one of many Kenyans shocked to learn that Zimbabweans are looking at recent events in my country as a possible way to approach an election outcome they may not like in…
Not ethnic cleansing, but class war
One of the most irritating things about the violence that recently rocked Kenya, as every middle- and upper-class Nairobian will tell you, was the fact that many maids, guards…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o: still decolonising the mind
Last month, Kenya’s most celebrated literary icon, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, gave a series of lectures entitled <i>Re-Membering Africa</i> at the University of Nairobi. This was a…