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Wer Jokenya

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Wer Jokenya — a space that celebrates Kenya’s music history and its nuanced intersections.

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In The Studio Celebrating the intersectional aspects of Kenyan musical archives! Learning what it means to be “attentive to the whole sensual ensemble of what is being looked at” (Fred Moten), feel free to share what shimmered and resonated with you as you read these images🎙
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Joyce Nyairo@jnyairoMay 28
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Joyce Nyairo@jnyairoMay 28
Last week I read a very thin autobiography, just 73 pages long. It tells the story of Sal Davis, but the slimness of the volume is in no way a statement about his place in the history of Kenyan popular culture. …
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Adelle Onyango@ADELLEO17 Oct 2025
Sigweya! What a poetic, healing way to process heavy emotions that come with death. That it's also phrased directly to the deceased is incredible for expressing painful/traumatic feelings. Again, cultural intelligence dismissed as unnecessary drama.
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Hii wimbo imeweza kaibsa. Wewe afande sikia vizuri, chuki ya nini kati yetu? #OccupyEverywhere #EndAbductionsKE
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We are not the first to fight for Kenyan self-determination in the face of elite subservience to foreign interests. In our next teach-in on 16 Oct, organisers from Mwakenya, RPP, and @WSolidarityKE discuss movement-building and linking past and present struggles. All are welcome!
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@Honeyfarsafi3 Oct 2024
Since all of this started with me supporting Palestine, I repeat, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Free free Palestine❤️❤️❤️
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🪭@Playboyfate1 Oct 2024
Reminder
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📣 NOTICE TO KENYANS IN LEBANON! 📣 Register here diaspora.go.ke/lebanon.html
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It's easy to type lies while you are in the office. I'm with my dad at the hospital and he can't get his dialysis session because the government has approved only 2375 shillings for the dialysis rather than 9,500. Stop!!!
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@MOH_Kenya1 Oct 2024
Smooth Transition: The transition to SHA services is seamless, ensuring uninterrupted healthcare services for all Kenyans during this period. #BimaBora #AfyaNyumbani
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There's nothing smooth about the NHIF - SHIF transition. CS Health yesterday couldn't explain deductions. The government today only approved Ksh 2,375 for dialysis rather usual ksh 9,500 as seen below. x.com/sarahkimani/st…
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There is a press briefing today at 10:00 am by conservationists in Mombasa. They're accusing Ruto of committing Ecocide.
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Replying to @amenya_nelson
Kenyans have taken over the training.😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 #RejectSHIF #RejectSHIF
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As we once again witness the tragic cruelty of Kenyan boarding schools it is important to remember that many detention camps established by the British colonial government to detain Mau Mau suspects were later converted into boarding schools after independence..
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Shad@Shad_khalif3 Sep 2024
Guys listen up! You have exactly 6 days to submit memoranda against the Assembly and Demonstration Bill. If it passes, No more maandamano without informing the police 3 days earlier. And you have to give the police your HOME address. Fine 100K. They’re killing #RutoMustGo protests!
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@BungeLaMayut3 Sep 2024
Amkeni! Wanataka kuzima maandamano! Here is template 1 to reject this misguided Maandamano bill by @gk_ruku we.tl/t-R8PEel0dAU The emperor is naked, but doesn’t want you to shout at maandamano that he’s naked. To: cna@parliament.go.ke Cc bungesays@gmail.com
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Today Nairobi CBD offensive demanding Ruto resignation, also passed a message of solidarity with the oppressed masses of Haiti and the heroic Palestinian People. We reject Ruto's foreign policy in advancing US Imperialism. #KatibaDay2024
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suhayl@ibnalyyaman8 Aug 2024
bringing these back. please try your very best not post facially recognizing images of protestors & exact locations of group hideouts. #NaneNane
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@Honeyfarsafi8 Aug 2024
As we go to the streets again to ask for accountability and excise our constitutional rights, may each and everyone of us be protected and return home in one piece ❤️❤️❤️
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Adelle Onyango@ADELLEO8 Aug 2024
Tukutane #NaneNane If huezifika AMPLIFY. Every single voice counts! This is your country You have every right to protect it against @WilliamsRuto's incompetence & lies, against corruption, against police brutality. You have every right to demand accountability Let's go bravely!
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The "economy" only suffers when poor people protest, not when rich people steal.
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Getting some really great track recommendations in response to this site. Check out the website, listen to the playlists here as well. Here's the Ruto era playlist: soundsofprotest.africauncens…
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What music have you listened to over the past month's maandamano? How important has music been to you as 🇰🇪 navigates this moment? Generations before today's have had a soundtrack of sorts to their moments of struggle, and we're telling this story here: soundsofprotest.africauncens…
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