Author: Rasna Warah
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Why Africa Is Not A Country And Other Short Stories
African writing and ways of being should not be shaped or influenced by Western notions of what it means to be African.
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Debunk Speaks To John Githongo
We need to ask ourselves whether this model of democracy we have today in Africa, that dates back to the early 1990s, is now tired in its current permutation.
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Kenyans Have Abdicated Their Social Contract With Each Other
For the social contract between Kenyans to be restored, we must seek alternative leadership that understands that when the social contract in a society is broken, that society breaks down. We must confront uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our past.
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Debunk Speaks To Sitawa Namwalie
Becoming a poet, playwright and performing artist has been a process of recovery and re-remembering for Sitawa Namwalie, of going back to her roots.
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Debunk Speaks To Ann McCreath
On pranic healing and why alternative forms of treatment are gaining more traction globally.
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Debunk Speaks To Gabriel Dolan
In 1982, a young Irish priest arrived in Kenya to take up his first missionary posting in the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar in Turkana. FATHER GABRIEL DOLAN couldn’t have come to the country at a more challenging time; President Daniel arap Moi was tightening the screws on all forms of opposition to his rule, and…
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Debunk Speaks to Martha Karua
On the state of politics and the economy in Kenya today from the “Iron Lady” of Kenyan Politics.
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When Will the #MeToo Movement Reach the UN?
The widespread condemnation of Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing footballer Jenni Hermoso on the lips after her team won the Women’s World Cup in Australia has been described as Spain’s #MeToo moment. In the macho world of football, this is a historic event as it has brought to light the issue of…
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Stop the Violence in Our Homes, Schools, and Streets!
A few years ago, I asked a departing French diplomat what his impressions were about Kenya. I expected him to say how beautiful the country was, how nice the weather was and how much he would miss the country and its people. To my surprise, he told me that his experience of the country convinced…
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Niger, An Indictment Against French Neocolonialism
The recent coup d’etat in Niger that toppled the democratically elected government of president Mohamed Bazoum has highlighted a disturbing trend emerging in several West African countries: the resurgence of unconstitutional means to bring about regime change. In the last three years, there have been military takeovers in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Guinea. The…