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The latest in culture, ranked by importance and recency.

Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o at the 2024 Berlinale film festival in Berlin, where she served as jury president.

Dreams Are Valid: How Lupita Nyong'o Turned One Oscar Into a Map for Kenya's Creative Diaspora

More than a decade after '12 Years a Slave,' the Kenyan-Mexican star's careful, identity-rooted career has become a quiet guide for Africans chasing art abroad.

1 day ago5 min

A live music performance on a lit stage with a crowd silhouetted in front

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The Train From Central Kenya Now Stops in America: How Mugithi Became the Sound of a Diaspora Summer

From Spokane to Seattle, a months-long American tour is turning ordinary summer weekends into homecomings for Kenyans far from home.

3 days ago4 min

Rows of white Commonwealth war graves headstones on neat green lawns at a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Kenya

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The Headstones of Tudor: Why Kenya Moved to Protect a War Cemetery Its Diaspora Never Forgot

4 days ago5 min

The skyline of Eldoret, Kenya, viewed facing west from Mups Plaza, with low-rise buildings under a wide sky.

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The Tributes Read Aloud in Eldoret: How Kenyan Children in Australia Honoured the Fathers They Left Behind

5 days ago4 min

A DJ mixing music on turntables and a controller in a darkened nightclub, hands on the decks.

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From the Clubs of Nairobi to a Milan Stage: How Jack Rooster Carried Kenyan Afro-House Into Europe's Spotlight

6 days ago5 min

A four-wheel-drive vehicle crossing open desert terrain, evoking a long overland expedition across Africa.

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The Flag That Crossed Sixty Borders: How Two Kenyans Drove 45,470 Kilometres From Nairobi to London

6 days ago5 min

Worshippers raise their hands during a Pentecostal church service in Africa, reflecting the continent's living Christian traditions.

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The Turban and the Pulpit: How a Kenyan Akorino Theologian Is Rewriting Christianity's African Story in Texas

6 days ago5 min

A dust-covered off-road vehicle drives along a remote dirt track, evoking a long overland journey across rough terrain.

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The Flag That Crossed Sixty Borders: How a Nairobi-to-London Overland Drive Became a Diaspora Triumph

7 days ago5 min

An open Bible resting on a wooden surface, symbolising scripture and Christian worship

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The Turban and the Pulpit: How a Kenyan Akorino Bishop Is Rewriting Christianity's African Story in Texas

7 days ago5 min

Official portrait of former US President Barack Obama, whose joint portrait with Michelle Obama was unveiled in Chicago.

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The Faces on the Lobby Wall: How a Nigerian Immigrant Painted the Obamas Into America's Story

8 days ago5 min

A white Presbyterian church building among trees, representing diaspora congregations putting down roots in America.

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Ten Acres of Belonging: How a Kenyan Diaspora Church Planted Itself in Washington's Capital

8 days ago4 min

Hands raised in worship during a church service, evoking a diaspora congregation gathered for a dedication.

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A Roof Wide Enough for Home: How a Kenyan Church's New Olympia Campus Anchors a Diaspora Putting Down Roots

9 days ago5 min

Green farmland under an open sky in rural Kenya, the kind of ancestral plot at the centre of family succession disputes.

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The Daughter Who Came Home for the Land: How a Kenyan Court Told the Diaspora That Marriage Does Not End a Birthright

10 days ago5 min

Cobs of dried white maize, the staple grain milled for ugali, sadza and pap across African households

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The Grain That Tastes Like Home: How a Kenyan and a Zimbabwean Built Africa's Staple in Australian Soil

12 days ago5 min