Stories about Kenya from November, 2005
Feminism
Diary of a Mad Kenyan Woman discusses “Perspectives on Feminism and the Epistemology of Africanist Collaboration”
Poetry for peace in Palestine
Kenyan poet, Mshairi celebrates “wisdom” over “darkness” in her poem “Yearning” dedicated to the family of the Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank who have donated...
Kenya: Marathon
Mentalacrobatics celebrates Kenyan marathon runner, Paul Tergat who won this years New York Marathon on his first attempt.
Africa: Black women working alone
What an African Woman Thinks discusses how it feels to be the only Black woman working in a large global Faith Based Organisation “This has been my reality all my...
Kenya: Civil Rights
Afromusings is struck by “the fact that the anti colonial movement, a part of Kenyan history inspired liberalism and the civil rights movement in America (60’s and 70’s)” but is...
New development models
Kenyan Pundit has some more links llustrating alternative ways to address poverty and development issues.
Kenya: Constituion debate
Kenyan blogger, Mentalacrobatics wonders about the ongoing debate in the Kenyan blogosphere and beyond on the forthcoming referendum on Kenya's constitution. “With this referendum I get a sense of déjà...
Guess the presidents
Mentalacrobatics asks us to guess the Presidents (photo shown of two men wearing ties) which one was George Bush the other Daniel Arap Moi.
Kenya: New development models
Kenyan Pundit is working on alternatives to the “development aid” model of solving some of the “challenges facing Africa” . She also complains about the falling standards of journalism in...
