“A Concrete Future for Mukuru Youth”

(This is what I submitted for a social enterprise competition here in Nairobi! Fingers crossed!) There are many social and environmental issues in Nairobi’s informal slum settlements,but a demand and market driven social enterprise project by Make A Better World Kenya (MABWOK) will tackle two of the issues simultaneously,namely youth unemployment and poor [...]

The Politics of Race and Racialization in Eastern Africa

Apart from Addis-Ababa,Ethiopia,where I am fulfilling my placement,Kenya is the only other East African country I have traveled to. After de-boarding the plane,the grocery store was my first stop.

Just as I was checking out,I realized I had forgotten to bring sunscreen. I asked the cashier to give me a [...]