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The Man in the Mirror.

Flipping Maps #ThisIsMyKenya

I had forgotten how grueling Capture Kenya is.

The Unreluctant King

When the former Governor visited the new President at State House, what used to be Baring's home, he found a man just like him. Just how alike they were became apparent when he sadistically said"By the way, I was sitting at that very desk when I signed your detention order thirteen years ago." To which Kenyatta quipped "If I had been in your shoes I would have done exactly the same."Pointing to the desk, he added slyly "And I myself have signed a number of detention orders sitting right there too."

Who is this man and why is he smiling?

It seems like an easy question to answer, but it isn’t.

The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic of 1962

What if laughter, instead of being the best medicine, became a disease?

7 Most Devastating Epidemics in Kenya’s History

There was scarcely a house where there was not one sick, dying or dead.

Crime in a time of Money and Power

Why do powerful people get away with crime?

18 Rare Photos of Tom Mboya’s Wedding to Pamela Odede

In April 1962, Ebony Magazine published a lead feature on the January 1962 wedding of Tom Mboya and Pamela Odede.

Features • Listicles|

Here’s Why We Need to Rewrite Our History

A brisk reading of K. Ingham’s 1953 book ‘Europe and Africa’ shows little difference in how we tell the African story.

12 Stunning High Quality Photos of Kenyan History

By Nathan Tama It is rare to bump onto high quality images of colonial and precolonial images such as these.