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Cultural Change With Far Reaching Consequences

Posted by: afrowrite on: October 17, 2008

 By Muli wa Kyendo
 
A few months ago, I said in Africa we are never bored because there are so many things happening in our Great Continent. Some of these are of such momentous importance that if they were happening in another continent, they would be  “World Lead” news headlines. But we never bother because we [...]

Polygamy Isn’t ‘Chitchat’ to Kenyan Men

Posted by: afrowrite on: May 11, 2008

Once upon a time, I wrote a column called ChitChat, for the “Daily Nation”, Kenya’s largest selling newspaper. We had a feature magazine supplement on Wednesday and Friday. Consequently these issues far outsold those on days that didn’t have a magazine supplement. One day, Editor–in-Chief, Peter Mwaura, called me and said, “Muli, can you write [...]