This article explores how young graduates in Nairobi are turning street performance, photography, and digital content creation into sources of income. It highlights how public spaces, social media, and informal networks help young creatives build livelihoods amid limited employment opportunities.
This article explores how colonialism, globalization, and contemporary beliefs have contributed to the erosion of African cultures and reinforced cultural self-erasure. Drawing on a personal experience in Uganda, the article traces the loss of traditional practices and knowledge, distinguishes between cultural evolution and cultural erasure, and calls for renewed confidence in cultural heritage by integrating inherited knowledge with modern innovation to build a more independent and sustainable future.
This article explores Sudanese jabana as more than a beverage, highlighting its role in preserving cultural identity, hospitality, social connection, and collective memory. It examines how coffee rituals continue to connect Sudanese people across celebrations, spiritual gatherings, conflict, displacement, and the diaspora, making jabana a symbol of resilience and belonging.
This article explores Jertiq, one of Sudan’s most distinctive wedding traditions, tracing its historical roots, symbolic rituals, and cultural significance. It examines how Jertiq has evolved across different Sudanese communities while continuing to preserve traditions, identity, and collective memory in the face of modernity.
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This article explores the growing burden of breast cancer in East Africa and the challenges women face in accessing early detection and treatment. It examines how digital health innovations from Kenya to Rwanda and South Sudan can complement healthcare services by improving breast cancer awareness, supporting self-examination, and expanding access to women's health information.