It is an odd thing to wake up in Africa and watch the world unravel over breakfast. One moment, the West was lecturing us about democracy; the next, it was setting itself on fire with nationalism, outright racism, and a …
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For years, the localisation movement in global development has been gathering momentum, challenging traditional donor-led models that have defined aid for decades. The shift from large international agencies to Community-Based Organisations (CBOs)—the true definition of local—has been a hard-fought battle. …
Yesterday, Kenya bore witness to an egregious display of state overreach as police responded violently to peaceful #EndFemicide protests. What should have been an earnest outcry against gender-based violence turned into a stark reminder of another pervasive menace: the shrinking …
As all politics is local, so too is sustainable development. National policy frameworks often miss the mark, leaving people behind in a world that thrives on diversity. I have worked on subnational development projects for the past 12 years, and …
David Sasaki’s Time Capsule piece, When Languages Die, Part 2, triggered something deep within me. His reflections on the quiet extinction of languages across the globe took me back to my own childhood in Kenya, where speaking your mother tongue …