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Young boy holding teddy bear while alone. [Courtesy/GettyImages] As the school holidays approach, many Kenyan families are preparing their sons for initiation rites. But what if these cultural milestones trigger hidden fears instead of strength? One boy’s quiet undoing opens…
Sopa Lodge launches Astro tourism in Samburu. [File Courtesy] In an era where light pollution increasingly obscures the night sky, a hotel in Samburu is taking advantage of the clear skies in the region with an Astro-tourism package. …
Depiction of a sad African-American woman. [Courtesy, iStockphoto] When the unfathomable happens, that sudden, brutal or…
Co-Founder PiCHA Museum Joel Lukhovi during the picha museum preview at the Cinema Rooftop Unseen Nairobi,…
‘Fabric of Our Being’ exhibition by April Kamunde. [Anjellah Owino, Standard] Walking into April Kamunde’s exhibition…
Sarah Maingi Hillman. (Courtesy) She walks into a room and everything shifts. In her early 60s, Sarah Maingey Hillman is the kind of woman who radiates a timeless beauty youthful, stylish, and confident. But what truly captures you is her…
Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable…
Weekly Round Up
A multi-generational African American family is posing on the sofa in their living room. [File Courtesy] Ideally, when you think of home, it should…
A couple camping on the lake shore at sunset. [Getty Images] At the close of 2024, reports say, travel had recovered beyond its status…
Mara Enkaji. [Peter Muiruri] Maasai Mara is a land of superlatives. It is one of the most written about animal reserves in the world, and…
Veteran Congolese singer Kasongo wa Kanema of Orchestra Super Mazembe. (Courtesy) He was an articulate singer, composer and a vocalist of great repute who sang in…