Close encounters at the Florida 1000
Tony Mochama goes galactic for a little bump and grind, gives a nod to the Nairobi Flesh Exchange and discovers a place where the cliché of the “sweet nothing” plays out in real time to real tunes as the raunch of a real world. To get to Florida 1000, you don’t take a time capsule […]
A Political Economy of Noise
Kangsen Feka Wakai traces the uncharacteristic journey through a “noisy era” of one of Africa’s heralded statesmen and reveals that his road less travelled has set him somewhat apart in the hood of the neo-liberal BigMan. Like most Big Men, Joachim Alberto Chissano has lived an eventful life. And like many of his generation, he […]
Q&A with Mehari Taddele Maru
By Paula Akugizibwe and Mehari Maru Mehari Maru is an Addis Ababa-based consultant on international law, security and governance. He previously worked at the African Union Commission as Legal Expert, and as Coordinator of the AU’s Programme on Migration. CHRONIC: Two things stand out about the AU compared to the OAU – one is […]
Interview with Raila Odinga
The Chronic interviewed Raila Amollo Odinga at his Karen residence on the morning of 13 March 2013. He had held a press conference shortly after Issack Hassan, the chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, had announced Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory. Odinga told the press that he rejected the outcome of the elections, declared that […]
Dear Chimurenga- The India-Pakistan Division
By Jon Soske The United Nation’s release of the agreement stipulating the “re-division” of India and Pakistan has shaken both countries. Signed by Gandhi, Jinnah and Sir Cyril Radcliffe, the document agrees to the redrawing of South Asia’s borders in the year 2014 on the basis of a more equitable division of economic and natural […]