Harambee: menstrual blood and the politics of solidarity
Artistic expression, language and shared rituals around menstruation have the potential to foster ‘harambee’, the Kenyan concept of solidarity, writes human-rights lawyer Farah Ahamed.
Tag: kenya
50 years on, the exodus of South Asians from Uganda finds retelling in three debut novels
This year marks 50 years since Ugandan dictator Idi Amin expelled South Asians from his country. We put the spotlight on three recent novels by women writers that dwell on this event in world history.
“The biggest challenge is doing justice to personal histories that are within living memory”: Neema Shah
Author Neema Shah on her debut novel ‘Kololo Hill’, a family drama set against an important episode in Ugandan history when Asians were ordered to leave the country within 90 days
“I Wanted to Stay in India; Life Had Other Plans”: A Reluctant Traveller’s Odyssey
She was the typical Mumbai girl who wanted to stay in India all her life. But her travel-crazy husband ensured otherwise. Hundreds of journeys later, Kiran Kapoor now lives in a state of permanent gratitude.
by eShe
May 11, 2018
She uses rugby and music to protect underprivileged kids from drugs and crime
Christine Akello Otieno’s NGO Toto Afrika uses rugby, music and education to protect vulnerable children in coastal Kenya from falling into crime and drug abuse, and to help them aspire to a brighter future.
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