Juliet Torome
Juliet Torome, a writer and documentary filmmaker, was awarded Cinesource Magazine's first annual Flaherty documentary award.
Juliet Torome, a writer and documentary filmmaker, was awarded Cinesource Magazine's first annual Flaherty documentary award.
Nelson Mandela fit the type of leader that Africans had in mind when they struggled for freedom from the European empires. Africans wanted leaders who would reconcile and reunite them, leaders who wou… read more
Many Africans have criticized the International Criminal Court for unfairly targeting African leaders, whom they believe should be tried by Africans. The recent election of the ICC-accused Uhuru Kenya… read more
Kenya’s fiercely contested presidential election in March, and its disputed outcome, has left the victor, Uhuru Kenyatta, with a daunting challenge: to unite a country riven with ethnic violence and d… read more
Less than three months before Kenya's next general election, many fear a recurrence of the bloodshed that followed the 2007 presidential vote. Indeed, the root causes of the violence – poverty, ethnic… read more
Kenya’s government recently announced that oil had been discovered in the Lake Turkana basin, an isolated region whose people have long been the butt of other Kenyans' jokes. But the potential for con… read more
Western museums and private collections are full of artifacts that were pillaged from Africa during the slave trade and colonial periods. Until Africans start to recognize the value of their own histo… read more
It is women who have suffered the most in Africa's numerous conflicts over the past 50 years. Yet efforts to avert such conflicts routinely exclude women, making wars on the continent more likely – mo… read more
At long last, Kenya is getting a constitution, something that had eluded the country for decades. But Kenya's problems - including lax enforcement of existing laws and appalling levels of corruption -… read more
Given male dominance in African politics and soccer, any chance to improve the state of the sport that might arise from the 2010 World Cup will most likely benefit men. Until brought to a level where … read more
