Abolition As a Method for Trans and Queer Freedom In Africa
I wrote and published this piece five years ago in 2021.
Notes on Solidarity by Mumbi
A space to consider the stories, theories and people constructing solidarities or “the need that we find between us” - June Jordan.
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Compulsory heterosexuality and why the "30" deadline is anti-solidarity
Men will still be trash when I'm 30.
A note on time – there is no tomorrow, no 2027, only today.
During a protest against police brutality, the Kenyan police shot Boniface Kariuki in the head. They seized time. We must construct an alternative theory of time that is disciplined by our demands.
How “good governance” came to dominate our discourses and demands
If there is one phrase that grates my bones it is "good governance". This phrase, along with many others, represents the depoliticisation of public life in Kenya, and Africa more broadly.
Femicide is also un-solidarity.
If femicide is an extension of issues like unemployment, poverty, and underdevelopment, then femicide works to stabilise and consolidate the power of the political class. Femicide is un-solidarity.
Without strategy, solidarity is an illusion
Some questions for #RejectFinanceBill2024 protesters (including me)
Coming soon
This is Notes on Solidarity by Mumbi.