Ideology – Ideas that can Oppress or
Liberate
The word ‘ideology’, originated in France and according to John Plamenatz, It meant the science or study of ideas, and was first used to refer to a type of philosophy fashionable at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.1 As the word started to be used...
Kenya Resists: Artists Challenge the
Hawk in the Sky
The year is 1976. The nation is in the iron grip of a powerful KANU (Kenya African National Union) elite which tolerates no opposition to its tyrannical rule, nor any resistance to its antipeople policies. Anyone who dares to challenge the all-powerful armed might of...
Origin and the Meaning of the Name Mau Mau
The struggle in Kenya by the Mau Mau movement [1948-1960) is a revolutionary chapter in the history of Kenya and revolutions in the South. It is this revolution, under the leadership of Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi, that won Kenya its freedom from British colonialism....
Classes and Class Struggle in Kenya
Class can be said to be the differences of people position in the system of social production. A group of people within a society who are in a particular position belongs to the same class e.g. producers in a capitalist country are the working class while those who...
BOOK REVIEW Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain
Reviewed by Lena Anyuolo Amrit Wilson first wrote Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain in 1978. This expanded edition is the second publication of the original. It contains reflections of women who read the book forty years after its publication in 2018. Wilson...
Photo Review: Looking at Kenya’s History
Wanjiku Waring’a (Also known as Mama Kamenge) - Served on the war council, responsible for providing food, shelter, concealment of the fighters in Nairobi and transportation when they had to move new bases Source: Unknown. Supplied by Nazmi DurraniGeneral...