Living Scars
Cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence have been on the rise in Kenya. A lot of these cases however go unreported and victims live with life-long scars. Watch #LivingScars to find out the effects rape has on its victims…
John Abdub: Young and Ambitious Author
As the lecturers strike enters its second month, learning in public universities remains paralyzed. Final year students in some of the leading universities in the country have spent more than the required time in college due to the perennial strikes and other…
What would tradition lose if I was not cut? A cry from Dadaab
“…How did I become a child born in the land and be not a daughter of the land? If I stay in the camp I see my dreams trade for a loss and frustrations grow in my head like forest moss… If…
Tukomeshe Ukeketaji
Mimi ni mtoto msichana Masomo kwangu ya maana Ombi langu kwa jamii Tukomeshe ukeketaji Utamaduni huu wa zama Watudhuru sana mama Ombi langu kwa jamii Tukomeshe ukeketaji Napenda sana kusoma Ili shida zipate kuhama Ombi langu kwa jamii Tukomeshe ukeketaji…
Essentials of Investigative Journalism From Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Anas Aremeyaw Anas is an award-winning undercover journalist from Ghana. I have been following his work on YouTube for a while now. Yesterday however, I had the pleasure to listen to him thanks to Joseph Warungu who invited him to the Top…
Our Stories are Best Told by Us
Mobile devices are revolutionizing storytelling. Journalists and other trained communicators are using them to tell stories from different locations altogether. These devices, we choose to call ‘pocket Studios’ are the new way of doing stories in both a simple and professional way….
23 and Just Started
George Maringa is a broadcast journalist with KTN. At the age of 23 and having graduated from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in November 2016, he is already a reporter with one of the leading media houses in…
If we want progress in #FightingTheCut we must involve men
The #EndFGM conversation has been going on for so long now. Mostly, women have been at the center of this conversation. However, men haven’t been left out in this. Tony Mwebia is one among the few men in Kenya who actively engages…
Fighting The Cut in the North Bank Region-The Gambia
Awa Gai is a 19 year old Law student at the University of The Gambia, an anti-FGM activist and a feminist. The youngest staff and volunteer, she serves as the Administrative Assistant at Safe Hands for Girls, a non-profit youth-led organization that…
Fighting The Cut in Banjul-The Gambia
Marie Jeng is a 2nd year Law student at the University of The Gambia and also the assistant Information and Public Relations Officer of the Law Students Association. She is a poet, 2-time debate champion, and 5-time crowned beauty queen in the…