Whitewashing Africa and Stereotypes that Damage

“Eye in the Sky” is another example of the whitewashing and black tar brushing that Hollywood loves to use to control the narrative about the “other”. Katy Fentress reviews the film and challenges these underhanded tactics.

Top 5 Bookshops in Nairobi

Buying a book is an investment. You first have to find an engaging book, which is a task in itself, and then find time out of your busy work schedule to read that 650-page hard cover novel front to back. Hopefully, you’ll have picked a good book and not realised the passing of time until

Gallery of the Week: Art Space

“The Kenyan art scene is on the rise and it is exciting to be a part of it.”

UP’s Top 5 Music Schools in Nairobi

Kamata Music School might be the most visible one, they have posters nailed up in every neighbourhood in Nairobi. They have to be a two branches in Nairobi (Moi Avenue And Westlands) and another in Meru. Some of the guys that have graduated from Kamata Music school include Ken Wa Maria, Samawati Band, Parking Lot

Q & A With Nabila Alibhai: Colour in Faith

We spoke to Nabila Alibhai Director, inCOMMONS (the organisation producing Colour in Faith) about her project, what culture in religion means to her and the question of conscious thinking and religious dialogue in Africa.

Making It! One Woman, One Stage, One Hell of a Show!

Davina Leonard performed the final showing of her international, sensational one woman play: Making It!

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