The Real Maids of Beirut
The vast majority of domestic workers in the Middle East are migrant workers. A fair number are from Africa, particularly Kenya and Ethiopia.
Kenya
Muthoni The Drummer Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywfyv5fdgM4 Your Music Break: from Nairobi. Via Kate Bomz
The Gay Judges in Kenya*
South Africa has an openly gay Judge serving on its highest court, The Constitutional Court. The
'For the Africans in the Diaspora'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDVUVosSgA From somewhere in American suburbia, the very frank, at times trite The Ten Minute Fix,
Soccer Soap Opera
Who are the Kenyans who needed a soap opera as an impetus to change their attitudes about political violence and why did they need it?
Shabazz Palaces and Kahlil Joseph
Although the effect of blending the music by Shabazz Palaces and the images of documentary-in-the-making Tough
The American President's Mother
Reporter Janny Scott in The New York Times, and the author of “A Singular Woman: The
Nairobi in April
Writer Mike Pflanz and photographer Brendan Bannon’s new site Daily Dispatches: Nairobi “… is an innovative
Snake Oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOwDQcPwbs Selling desperate people false hope, especially AIDS patients, are common on the African continent–well documented
There shall be satire for all
Recently Al Jazeera English’s media review show, Listening Post, did a breathless profile of South African
'Shaka Zulu'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxZvvETnPE Not sure what to make of the video. The video was filmed “in Africa.” Kage
The American Right’s problem with Kenya
How did Kenya and Kenyans get their reputations in US politics, particularly among U.S.. rightwingers, as anti-American?
This is not an accident
The pernicious belief, is founded on ignorance and prejudice, that certain women, including those with HIV, have no right to have children.
'5 Networks that Matter in East Africa'
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGiLEEX5OuQ&feature=player_embedded&w=500&h=307&rel=] Rakesh Rajani, the head of Tanzanian “citizen-centered initiative”, Twaweza, on the “five key networks that
Some Other Kenya
Young Kenyans are not cynical, detached brand obsessed hedonists and want to take a personal stake in the affairs of the country.
The African childhoods of white expats
Are publishers unwilling to back anything besides more of the same tried, tested and tired old formula?
'The Kenya I Live In'
This December 2010, Kenyan literary magazine, “Kwani?” will publish the top five entries of their “The
Nairobi Style
Via Nairobi Style
Africa: The Final Frontier
The new colonialism: the Africa being carved up into game reserves and concession areas to provide exclusive eco experiences for the rich.
Rainer Elstermanns' "Photo Studio"
[slideshow] The German photographer, Rainer Elstermanns, imagined an old photo studio set in rural Kenya in