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Next of skin: Madiang’s art of raw talk

In this age, if you want to insult politicians and not end up dead, in prison or both, maybe you should consider learning Oluoch Madiang’s poetry of resistance, and saying it as it is. The Next of Skin is a rich collection
April 29, 2026
The skyline over inyanza

Bennu

I had seen the white bird before, but not this one. It stood tall, glittering in the sun like a great white boat as big, the size of a man; that I struggled to make out its stature as it floated on
February 26, 2026

Powerful US Church shifts power to Kalonzo

In 2019, Netflix released a documentary on the organisation known only as the Family shedding some light on the organisation that has weaved its web into American politics for decades and by extension has controlled Kenya.  What was considered merely conspiracy theory
February 6, 2026

Africa media looks to Nairobi for future forecast

African journalists and media leaders will meet in Nairobi looking to confront the crisis in the industry and find bold solutions for a sustaining the fourth estate. The Africa Media Festival (AMF), a regional experiment in 2023 that has grown into Africa’s
February 6, 2026
Lake Nyanza

princes of filament wings

Under the red mound built in spittle of gang workers without pension The last surviving termite mound stood on my door, The colony almost collapsing, from the poison I poured into the subterranean empire, like a farmer We will make it for
January 29, 2026
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