Rasna Warah’s contributions to journalism and social discourse cannot be understated. She was fearless and deeply committed to using her voice to expose corruption, inequality,
Rasna Warah’s voice was always lucid, never quivering, her resolve never wavering as she spoke in the name of justice. The loss of Rasna Warah
All you really want, when you get into the messy, highly guarded, ruthless world of writing, full of mostly unwarranted ego and an editor who
An unlikely sisterhood forms through hours-long phone calls.
Rasna Warah and her writing impacted generations. This is what she meant to Debunk.
From writing pithy op-eds to her wide ranging analysis, to her fiction and nonfiction, nothing will shine a light on who Rasna Warah was more than reading her writing.
During crises, people prefer stories of the miraculous rescues and escapes, acts of heroism, bravery and selflessness. Rarely does anyone focus on the grim, monotonous, and challenging aspects of disaster response.
I am not sure whether I am awake or I am dreaming. I am also not sure what day of the week it is, but since we are having mukimo for supper, it must be Saturday. I am seven years old. My old man fishes out a video tape and pushes it into the mouth of the JVC video cassette recorder. The JVC swallows the video tape, gurgles for a bit, pretends to choke and then belches. After some manyunyu, images start to appear on our black kisogo Sony TV. On screen a train chugs by and in a split second a handful of silhouettes emerge out of nowhere, between the rail track and the indigo backdrop of dawn.
Iten had waited and encompassed me with its allure
Njoroge Muthoni’s films find the ache in the body and surface it. His camera follows the subject like a question, speaking to the surreal way people navigate the inner cartographies of pain, grief and longing – against the sharp relief of the passage of time. In March 2023, the Nairobi-based filmmaker released The Dog Trilogy, comprising three stunning short films: “A Short Film On How To Wait”, “It’s Monday Morning” and “The Problem With Dogs”.
