Mary Achieng’ OBUDHO. Mambo! XVI (7), 2019. This paper focuses on mbaka, in Luo language, among motorbike riders in a West Kenyan village at the shores of Lake Victoria. Mbaka refers to verbal games, focusing particularly on women and sexuality.
Maëline LE LAY, “When Ngũgĩ Comes to Nairobi.” Mambo! Vol. XVI (5), 2019. On this hot Monday in February, the Nairobi National Theatre’s Main Auditorium was full. The eager and excited crowed had come to witness the launch of the latest book in Kikuyu by the great Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenda Muiyuru. Everyone was there.
Marie WOLFROM, “Willy Mutunga, a life long activist”, Mambo!, Vol. XVI, (1), 2019 PDF Version Here. Genesis of an Activist Willy Mutunga hails from a modest background. Born on June 16 1947 in Kilonzo,...
Dulo Nyaoro, “Developing against Development: Resistance as Participation in Development Induced Displacement in Kenya,” Mambo!, Vol. XV, (6), 2018. PDF Version here. Introduction Mega development projects displaced more than 200 million people in the 20th...
Rémi REBOUX, “La valeur et l’usage dans une mine électronique de Nairobi,” Mambo!, Vol. XV (4) , 2018. PDF version here. Introduction Juste à l’extérieur du centre-ville de Nairobi, dans le quartier de Ngara,...
Robert WAWERU, “Challenges Faced in the Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya” Mambo! XV (3), 2018. Contact the author : bobwaweru@gmail.com PDF Version here. Introduction This paper examines the initiatives that have been...
Christiane TRISTL, ”Co-constituting Cost-recovery, Assembling Benevolence – The Techno-Political Patterning of Automatic Water Dispensers”, Mambo! Vol. XIV, (4) 2017. PDF version here. Introduction Concerned about “providing reliable and sustainable water supply in the developing...
Graham R.L. FOX, “Gendered issues and contested benefits: The case of Laikipia’s Maasai Cricket Warriors”, Mambo! Volume XIV, (1) 2017. PDF version here. Introduction Though many feminist and postcolonial scholars question the utility of...
Wangui KIMARI, “We Do Not Want Any More Masters’: Ruins, Planning and the “Messy Labours” of the Urban Poor”, Mambo! Vol. XIV (5), 2016. PDF version here. Introduction Amidst the animated conversations about recent national and...
Anaïs ANGELO,”Becoming Minister for Lands: Jackson Angaine and Meru politics (1961-1963)”, Mambo! Volume XIV (3), 2016. Download the PDF In 1978 British Officials profiled the most prominent Kenyan politicians and produced a document entitled “Leading...
Adèle CHARBONNEAU, “Managing Conflicts in Slums within a Relocation Project: Case Study of Soweto East, Kibera, Nairobi”, Mambo! Vol. XIV (2), 2016. Download the PDF Introduction In developing cities, many slum dwellers have settled down in valuable...
Louise PROTAR, “Être mère en pays luo”, Mambo! Vol. XIII (3), 2015. La maternité est communément perçue comme un phénomène naturel et universel1. Mais porter, mettre au monde et élever des enfants sont des...
Francesca DI MATTEO, “The Fora of Public Action in Kenya: From the Origins of the National Land Policy to its Politicization”, Mambo! XII(4), 2014. Introduction “We want a fair system of access to land...
Adeline PELLETIER, “SMS Financing by Banks in East Africa: Taking Stock of Regional Developments”, Mambo! Vol.XII (2), 2014. The banking sector in East Africa has evolved considerably over the last 10-15 years with the...
Kahithe KIIRU, “Bomas of Kenya: Local Dances Put to the Test of the National Stage”, Mambo! Vol. 12 (1), 2014. Introduction Anthropology of art, more specifically anthropology of musical and choreographic practices, has long focused...
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