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Tshala Muana: Remembering the Queen of Mutuashi
Widely celebrated as the Queen of Mutuashi and a champion of the Tshiluba language, she competed successfully against top songstresses of her era and produced enduring hits.
By Ben Ahenda
2025-12-14 09:59:13
By Ben Ahenda
2025-11-30 09:40:03
Four years after his death, Congolese music legend Bopol Mansiamina’s timeless rhumba compositions continue to inspire new generations of African musicians.
By Ben Ahenda
2025-11-09 10:29:08
Roger Whittaker, the Kenyan-born folk legend whose soulful voice and patriotic anthem My Land Is Kenya touched millions worldwide, remains an icon two years after his passing.
By Mike Kihaki
2025-09-14 11:19:26
Elijah Masinde founded Dini ya Msambwa when he left the Friends’ Church after they rejected his plans to take a second wife.
By Kenyatta Otieno
Apr. 8, 2022
Apr. 8, 2022
I have killed a few snakes in my life. Some I did as a teenager herding my father’s cattle in the village (often with an African Writer’s Series novel in one hand and a sturdy stick in the other). Some snakes were small, others were green like the grass, blending their deadly beauty with the grass the cows relished.
When Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai took office on Wednesday under a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, Kenya’s formula for political expedience was repeated almost to a tee.
A recent opinion poll indicated that Kenyans had lost faith in politicians and put their trust in the media. Some 22 per cent of those sampled said they trusted Parliament, while 88 per cent trusted the media, according to the Steadman poll.
A few years ago, a group of journalists were awarded prizes for various activities in the media. Witnessed and partly sponsored by corporate firms, diplomatic institutions and private individuals, the Journalist of the Year Awards (Joya) turned into a rueful function that marked one of the lowest ebbs of the profession in Kenya.
Kenya has not had a good year. As if post-election violence was not enough, the country now has to contend with crazy food prices.
Yes, crazy prices. How else can one describe a country endowed with arable land and favourable climate selling maize meal, the people’s staple food, at more than double its price this time last year?
Congratulations to US President-elect Barack Obama. As the ‘Obama’ public holiday ends, bar hoppers staggered back to work, singers turned down the volume and workers returned to work.
Ben Jipcho, a legendary Kenyan steeplechase runner and multiple gold medalist, set world records and brought international glory to Kenya but spent his final days in financial hardship
By Silas Nyamweya
May. 6, 2025
May. 6, 2025
Born into a humble family and raised as a herdsboy, Bonaya defied the odds to become a distinguished lawyer and a towering figure in Kenya's legal and political spheres.
By Silas Nyamweya
Apr. 21, 2025
Apr. 21, 2025
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