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A Tale of Two Muhindis
By Haniya Shah In the early hours of the 4th of November, 2025, Ugandan born Zohran Kwame Mamdani…
Ode to Uber Drivers
By Haniya Shah They deemed you slaves to the numbers,Of the algorithm which thus encumbers,Your shoulders with the…
The Geometry of Movement: Joshua Monten’s “Linearity” and Nairobi’s Expanding Dance Vocabulary
This October, Nairobi hosted one of Europe’s most distinctive contemporary choreographers, Joshua Monten, whose work Linearity has toured…
In code, we trust?
Amir Noorani Imagine awaking the following day to discover a covert overnight alteration to your nation’s constitution. The…
Photojournalism Meets Resistance: Gaza Habibti’ Exhibition at Baraza Media Lab
This past weekend, Nairobi’s Baraza Media Lab transformed into a powerful gallery of resistance, love, and memory with…
Play review: ‘Beyond Silence – J. M. Chronicles
Performed by Chisaina Arts PlayDates: 13 October 2024 – The National Theatre20 April 2025 – Jalaram Auditorium, Westlands…
Untangling Identity, Heritage and Ethnic Categories: Classifying the East African Asian Population in New Zealand
New Zealand is a small country of just over 5 million people in the South Pacific, with a…
Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement.
BOOK REVIEWAuthor: Anooradha Iyer SiddiqiTitle: Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement.Publisher: Duke University Press,…
A Bridge Between East & West By Mansoor Ladha
BOOK REVIEWBy Alnoor Amlani To endeavor to write the first published biography of the Aga Khan is an…
Welcome 2025 with a look back at the past
In my last London Calling column (Vol 20, Issue 3, 2023) I had expressed a somewhat gloomy prediction for 2024…