Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ’s German Book Tour 2015
After his novel, Nairobi Heat was translated into German last year, seems Germany and the other German speaking readers can’t get enough of this guy’s Read More
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African Architecture at Independence, Symbols of Hope or Failure? KICC Featured
If you love architecture, this is a great exhibition for you. And if you love African history and would like to understand the relationship between Read More
German Celebrity Reveals Relations to Famous Kenyan Newscaster
You must have seen her on TV or even read about her in the many magazines. I remember seeing her in a children’s show, “Wissen Read More
For the Love of African Literature: Mary Okeke Reviews
Once in a while I do break the rules and write about people who aren’t necessarily Kenyans/Germany, nor in Germany/Kenya and this is one of Read More
Kenyan Finds a Job via Anonymous Application; Uses the Same Method to Employ Others
Various reports have been released on the influence of a foreign name on a job application or even on the grades children get in schools Read More
Meet the Somalis in Europe
The Somali community in Europe is a vibrant, diverse minority group, including people of Somali origin born in Europe, Somali refugees and asylum seekers, and Read More
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Germany
The Federal Statistics Office has published a new book on German statistics revealing information, many didn’t know. Here is some of it. Did you know Read More
A Nigerian-German Finds Out Her Grandfather Was a Famous Nazi Criminal
Most of us grow up only knowing our grandparents as our parents’ parents and nothing much, but for this Nigerian-German woman her grandfather was a Read More
Dear Rich White Saviorists, STOP Using African Cultures to Boost Your Demeaning Self Worth
So this spoiled girl from the US decided to go find “meaning” in her life, and as many do, she decided to go to AFRICA. Read More
Seven years of slavery, One day of freedom – The Sequel to the book Demonising Kenyan Women
I finally got around to reading the excerpts of the book on Kenyan Women (read: German writes Book Demonising Kenyan Women) and the book is Read More
Caroline Adhiambo Jakob, a Kenyan-German Author Who’s a Self Declared Kati and Blada Champion
Kenya and Germany, two countries that have only one thing in common; their differences. Caroline Adhiambo Jakob is a Kenyan German author based in Mannheim Read More
Chama into a Conglomerate
Remember the article I posted on Turning your kawaida Chama into a Money making Machine ? Well I stumbled upon this book written by Tony Read More
7 Mistakes Our Generation Must Avoid If We Don’t Want To Screw Up Again
Though this article was originally labelled 7 Mistakes Our Generation Must Avoid If We Don’t Want To Screw Up Nigeria Again! written by Okechukwu Ofili, I Read More
Meet Caroline Kawira Njeru – Nutritionist, Environmentalist, Author
“Life is a Journey with many expectations and surprises just at about every corner we turn, every road we take,but we cannot stop going, the Read More
A 9 year old interracial German shares her opinion on the use of the word Neger
As a way to sensitize the public and try to be more sensitive to the growing Afro-deutsch community, the German publishers came together and decided Read More
Word "Neger" to be removed from all Classic Children’s Books
For a long time the word Neger has been used in German literature including Children’s books as a term defining people of Subsaharan Africa or Read More
Book for Black Artists in Germany – "The Little Book of Big Visions"
The book titled “The Little Book of Big Visions: How to be an Artist and Revolutionize the World” is a collection of testimonies in English Read More