There is bar joke that I first heard from the prolific South Sudanese author Taban Lo Liyong. A group of native villagers who customarily walked around naked were visited by a Caucasian relief worker. She came bearing devastating news of a disease called AIDS that was decimating the African population. There was an outbreak in…
Month: August 2014
Politics Of The Foreskin
During the month of August, an important cultural ritual takes place in many parts of western of Kenya. Among the Bukusu people, August has become synonymous with male circumcision rites. Boys who intend to become men must face the knife in an age old ceremony that involves snipping of one’s foreskin. It is a…
Of Julius Yego And National Pride.
Team Kenya’s Commonwealth medal tally at the games in Glasgow was impressive. If feels good to be a champion even as Usain Bolt let out of the bag what most people of African descent were thinking. Commonwealth games draws attention to colonial undertones that are hard to suppress. Once upon a time, the sprawling British…