C’mon, Bujumbura, show us your legs! My column on this page last week — “The league of safely retired ex-presidents” — noted that in East Africa, Burundi and Tanzania are the richest countries in terms of living former presidents.
Easter and ancient tales of wounded gods PHILIP OCHIENG examines the genesis and evolution of the Christian Easter festival over the years, and its possible connection with ancient non-Biblical practices
Are private sector, civil society natural enemies? On the eve of the Nation Media’s Group’s 50th anniversary Pan-African Conference, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation hosted what turned out to be more interesting dinner than expected.
New media school’s initial campus set for Nairobi in 2011 The Aga Khan Development Network has launched a new faculty at the Aga Khan University — the Graduate School of Media and Communications.
Taxpayers’ sweat? Look, guys, you can’t have your radar and eat it too Some things will simply not go away, no matter what the authorities try to do to make people forget about them.
Wealth of regional talent on display at Sauti za Busara The best of the region meet at the annual music fiesta in Zanzibar, writes Moses Serugo
Living a ‘street life’ in the slum of Kibera In the recently published book ‘Megaslumming,’ British journalist ADAM PARSONS set out to explore the reality of life for slum-dwellers in Nairobi. This is an account of his journey into...
Genge’s got the gangsta edge, but it doesn’t question the system The sound of Genge, sung in Nairobi Sheng, is superbly suited to this hard, unforgiving city, writes Brian Rath
Obama adopts carrot and stick on Sudan, Kenya The Obama administration’s new “incentives and pressure” policy toward S Sudan confirms that it will resort to punishing errant African governments only after diplomatic engagement has failed.
Bombay: Refuge for slave Africans The role played by the freed slaves returning from India — also known as the “Bombay Africans,” a phrase coined in India — in the various expeditions which European explorers mounted in Africa in...
