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Sudanese Revolution Series: A taste from the cups of freedom
I was born and raised in Kenya to a beautiful tall, slim and dark Dinka woman from South Sudan who walked miles from Sudan to Ethiopia in her teens to join the Sudans People Liberation Movement (SPLM)....
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Tiwa Savage: A Reminder of an Oppressive Culture
If you are aware of the publicly unfolding events of Teebillz and Tiwa Savage’s marriage, that may have contributed to your clicking on this article. You may then be hoping to have sugar added to...
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My Narcissism, Beyonce’s Lemonade & Black Male Misogyny
By proximity, I know more black men than I do any other ethnicities. It follows that I have heard, through conversation, or read, via my social feeds, more reactions to Beyonce’s newly released visual...
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“The Lord’s Prayer”: A Poem on Religious Colonialism in Africa
Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta once said, “when the missionaries arrived, we had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we...
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Decolonizing the Afrikan Mind: A Cultural Revolution
Last week, Kenyan based Pan-Afrikan writers’ collective Jalada Africa published the short story, Ituĩka Rĩa Mũrũngarũ: Kana Kĩrĩa Gĩtũmaga Andũ Mathiĩ...
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The French Flag: A Representation of Continued Enslavement
The innocent victims who lost their lives in Paris on Friday evening and their families are human for their suffering. Therefore, I turn to my humanity and stand in solidarity with the...