Conservation is a principle; tourism is a business, so says leading conservation scholar Dr. Mordecai Ogada. The conservation politics are laden with racial hierarchies, lies, violence and misinformation used to subjugate locals in a bid to wrestle precious; and space from them in ways that upset human-wildlife coexistence.

The post-pandemic world will be every bit different from the world we've known all our lives. The human society therefore has to reimagine a new way of economic, social and cultural existence unlike anything he's ever previously conceived.

Kenya it is said has invested heavily in clinical health sector to the exclusion of public health hence gutting the efficiency of the healthcare sector to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. But as Dr. Ayah explains we might just have to learn to co-exist with this pandemic as we’ve been doing with other diseases like HIV, Flu, Pneumonia and Cholera. By Dr. Richard Ayah and Dr. David Ndii.

The authenticity of modern theologies, the concept of God and the visible church which have come into sharp focus as people grapple with the pandemic. No doubt this could mark the end of the institutional church but as Canon Omondi explains the future and place of faith is complex. By Joe Kobuthi and Canon Omondi.

COVID-19 has necessitated closure of schools and with that closure has come classist contestations about the future of education and learning. Dr. Wandia Njoya unpacks what is and isn’t education and how best to recalibrate our approach to education as a society. By Joe Kobuthi and Dr. Wandia Njoya

Even in its early stages the COVID-19 is unleashing deadly economic consequences on production, trading, stock markets and supply chains. Dr. David Ndii and Elephant curator Joe Kobuthi explores just what would be the economic impact of this pandemic on global economics. By Joe Kobuthi and Dr. David Ndii

As the pandemic continues to inflict problems on global populations different countries have implemented certain measures with wide-ranging results. Professor Jomo Kwame Sundaram takes us through the lesson that Asian states have learnt from dealing with SARS and other previous pandemics.

Luo Nyanza, it is said, manufactures democracy, but strictly for export not for local use. This truism arises from the weak stint by the local governors, senators and MPs who ironically drive the region's fiery national political posture. As narrated by Viscount K'owuor.

The legalities of government decisions that seek to combat the Corona pandemic have to balance between privacy and freedoms. In this interview with Ms. Daki Galgalo, the Law Society of Kenya chair Nelson Havi takes us through what is constitutional and what is not, in the recent decisions made by the state.

Away from the urban spaces, life has had to internalize anthropologies, cultures and rites are getting disrupted with people's ways of life coming apart. Life has changed significantly, ushering in new cultures an rituals in a world where the tension between the old and the new the state and the society abound. As narrated by Robert Kemboi.