Growing up and living as a Kenyan abroad you get accustomed to people asking the most ridiculous questions about your country of origin. I have on one occasion been asked if I know someone called John, because apparently John was in Kenya. No hang on, John was in Ghana but what does it matter? […]
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In an article entitled Honour Amongst Thieves Guardian columnist Philip Hensher offers an interesting argument in favour of Western nations keeping hold of historical artifacts and national treasures that rightfully belong to African nations. Using Sudan as an example he states that;
In many instances, national treasures are better off outside their countries of origin […]
After several failed attempts at drafting some witty commentary to accompany the images in this post I have opted to stick to the facts and simply recount how I happened across these images.
It was a Wednesday morning, no different from any other. As usual I bought my copy of The Guardian at Lancaster […]
With less than a week to go before the KayBees nominations close now is the time to submit your entries, if you haven’t done so already. Nominations close on Sunday 9th April 2006.
If you have already nominated, don’t think the fun is over. If anything, it is about to get better and there […]
Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary.
Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes.
Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina Jolie’s adoption of an Ethiopian baby. In the same blog piece she mentioned that Oprah […]