Millennials were supposed to be the generation that fixed things. We were told this over and over again, sometimes admiringly, sometimes with suspicion. We were audacious. Radical. Too loud. Too ...

After finishing a long journey of studies in language and literature, the first shock I got on returning home to start my academic career was from the concept of “practical subjects” that are ...

The last quarter of 2025 jolted Kenya’s political landscape like no other; Raila Odinga, arguably Kenya’s most visible politician in the last three decades, joined his ancestors on the morning of ...

During the first term of the Uhuru presidency, when the Kenya government was preoccupied with swaying public opinion as opposed to being political, it was not unusual for citizen criticism of the ...

Detained on 28 July 2025 after being shot by police on the first day of Angola’s taxi drivers’ strike, Serrote José de Oliveira — widely known as “General Nila” — has been held for over six months ...

What happens after the protests? How do you translate protests into policy? In this episode, Shakira Wafula walks us through the various strands that give the active citizen a pathway to reform, even ...

As is still common in the “Global South,” Affo, 29, was born in a polygamous family comprising more than two dozen children. Yet, he is the second child to have obtained a high school degree and the ...

At the height of the Gen Z protests, a network of dedicated professionals came together to meet the movement’s diverse and evolving needs. In this episode, we sit down with Joshua Okayo, a leader, ...

Abdou Rahim Lema is doing a Ph.D. at the University of Montreal, where he is a former Vanier Scholar (2022), He is also a former Yenching Scholar of Peking University.

As Gen Z looks ahead, the focus is shifting toward consolidating the gains of the revolution and translating momentum into lasting political power. In this episode, we speak with Sophie Mugure, a Gen ...

Two years on from the Gen Z revolution that reshaped the country’s political landscape, much has been said and written about its impact. While many have since moved on, a core group of pioneers and ...