by Keguro Macharia

Dangerous Nails—How primary schools manage pre-pubescent boys

Registering Natives—A brief history of Kenya’s identity documents

Cosmopolitan Ciondo—How Kenyan women sold handcrafted, traditional baskets in Europe in the 1980s

Imagining Colonial Soldiers—A speculative history of how Africans who fought in European wars interacted and loved

Visiting the Club—The dreariness of colonial-era clubs, now frequented by Kenya’s elite

Demons and Dissidents—Reflecting on a 1995 report on devil worship commissioned by the Kenyan president

Pole—A small word to convey the intimacy of grief and care

Jamhuri Day—Celebrating national holidays and the flags that represent freedom and terror

Mbwa Kali—The class politics of owning dogs in 1980s Nairobi

Unmemorable—How a Kenyan experienced a U.S. Thanksgiving

Kenya—A meditation on Kenyan elections

Poop Tales—The scourge of flushable wet wipes

We watched it drip, drip, drip—A day at a chemotherapy session

Loving Moi—Propaganda works on the young