A pervasive narrative defines Northern Kenya’s relationship with Southern Kenya. Northern Kenya is viewed as a land of misery, of death and of terror where Kenya’s hardships go to school – an area of darkness, this Kenyan “apocalypse” is by some ingenious design almost always shadowed by “potential”.

Kenya's social scene is stuck with competing and often conflicting notions of female bodily freedom. One sees ratchetness as unfettered body autonomy while the other sees the display as psychically harmful. Which is which?

Food prices keep rising, 16 million Kenyans are poor, 7.5 million live in extreme poverty and over 10 million suffer food insecurity. What the story beyond the numbers?

Homeschooling is not a specific curriculum but simply one alternative to state schooling. It's also popularly seen as an escape from the violent academic experimentation unleashed by state structures.

Suicide is a sensitive topic, befuddling and wrenching at the same time. What's the story beyond the shock and grief?

A new empire reemerges after going under in the 1750s. This means a lot for Africa, its resources, histories and economic future.

The easiest way to rob a bank in Kenya is to own one. Maybe in their 100 year history beginning in the 1900s lies the answer as to why this is possible. By Juliet Atellah

On the pain - and relief - of an ADHD diagnosis after years of searching for answers, by Lena Grace Ayuolo.

On millennials refusing to be silent or to 'accept and move on', from an article by Saiton Righa.

How depression puts one's religious convictions in peril, from an article by Amy Mjema.