Written by owaahh | April 16, 2014 | Quick Reads Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro is the zebra-riding octor who saved Nairobi from the Bubonic Plague. He did so because it was his job, but he rode… The man who saved Nairobi from the Bubonic Plague – Owaahh
Written by M. | January 31, 2017 | Features 10 years before Out of Africa, a film titled “Black Emanuelle” put Kenya on the map. It was a porn film. If your uncle worked at… Seeing Vintage Nairobi through a 1970s Porn Film – Owaahh
Written by owaahh | February 18, 2015 | Listicles , Morbid Unsolved murders mean that out there, a murderer who walks free. This list focuses on seven murders of young women in Kenya, including a… 7 Unsolved Murders of Young Women in Kenya – Owaahh
Written by M. | March 22, 2016 | Features , Profiles 94 years since Muthoni Nyanjiru tapped into her badass and paid the ultimate price, her name remains synonymous with one of the greatest acts… The Ageless Defiance of Muthoni Nyanjiru – Owaahh
Written by owaahh | July 6, 2015 | Features One of them ended up at the bottom of the ocean, because of a snake, a gun, and bureaucracy. Another ended up in China, somehow. In… The First Computers in East Africa –and what became of them – Owaahh
Written by M. | February 18, 2020 | Adventures , Quick Reads Q: Why didn’t Russia have any African colonies? It did! Let me repeat that, Russia, or rather a group of Russians, once had… New Moscow: The Rise, and Quick Fall of Russia’s colonial experiment – Owaahh
Written by M. | October 29, 2015 | Features Pope Francis’ visit to Uganda at the end of November 2015 is likely to reignite a celebration of the Ugandan martyrs. But just how much of… The Gay Kabaka – Owaahh
Written by M. | December 17, 2015 | Quick Reads In US nuclear lingo, a broken arrow event is a nuclear incident that does not create the risk of a war. That may sound harmless,… That Time the US Almost Blew Up Morroco with a Nuclear Bomb – Owaahh
Written by owaahh | July 6, 2015 | Features One of them ended up at the bottom of the ocean, because of a snake, a gun, and bureaucracy. Another ended up in China, somehow. In… The First Computers in East Africa –and what became of them – Owaahh
Written by owaahh | April 16, 2014 | Quick Reads The image that comes to mind whenever you hear of the Mau Mau is that of Kenya’s dreadlocked freedom fighters. Not a gang of Puerto… The Mau Maus of New York and California – Owaahh