‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya
This documentary, premiering at Sundance, follows the rehabilitation of a colonial-era library in Kenya, but only tells half ...
‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Two Nairobi Women Confront Colonialism’s Lasting Impact
Two Nairobi women face colonial past in 'How to Build a Library,' working to revive three Kenyan libraries in disrepair. Read ...
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Why change cannot be led by those we want to change first
We dream of transformed ethos, free from evils of corruption and tribalism that have plagued our nation for decades. This is ...
As it happened: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in DR Congo city
Kenyan private airline Jambojet has suspended all flights from Nairobi to Goma after rebels entered the city in eastern DR ...
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'Not our State House', Kenyans outraged over renovations
The facelift at State House has ignited a storm, sparking outrage over what critics term misplaced priorities and ...
'All we can hear are gunshots': DR Congo fighting as it happened
Fighting across Goma "is still very much ongoing", senior UN official Bruno Lemarquis has said, Reuters news agency reports, after M23 rebels claimed they had seized the largest city in eastern ...
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Why have so many men joined the bootlicking brigade?
I pat him on the back, but he swats my hand away, and I am a little bit hurt, emotionally. The elders must have envisioned ...
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How to Build a Library Starts a New Chapter for Public Spaces in Kenya
An interview with How to Build a Library directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King on the documentary about the renewal of ...