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The constitution making process in Kenya
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The Process of constitution making in Kenya
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The Constitution making process in Kenya
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This is the second part our podcast with Prof. Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri who celebrates African’s diversity in population, language, culture and Diaspora as a tool to uphold innovation and strength to recall the cultural heritage from the Western countries.
He challenges African writers and intellectuals and those in the diaspora to exploit literature as a tool for knowledge creation through the diverse languages. He continues to explore on Pan Africanism and diaspora writings as a solution to resolving land disputes.
Ng’ang’a introduces his pet project on the Ardhi Initiave on digitizing land treaties as an initiative of reclaiming our African heritage.
Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri, of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, he has wide interest in Africa Literature, 20th Century fiction, short Stories and Caribbean Writers.
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Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri explains his background and transition from Engineering to the rich field of Literature.
He describes the connection of land in development, Identity in Africa and spirituality.
Prof Ng’ang’a Muchiri introduces the answer Literature and performances as an answer to resolving land disputes away from field related Technical solutions and disciplines.
Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri, of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, has wide interest in Africa Literature, 20th Century fiction, short Stories and Caribbean Writers.
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Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientising the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.
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Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientizing the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.
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Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientising the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.
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Prof XN Iraki illustrates the introduction of cash crops in Kenya by the British colonialists that disrupted the social, economic traditional way of farming in Africa.
He reveals the unique pattern of growth of towns along the railway line.
He also narrates how the colonialists brainwashed the Africans into working on their farms in return for basic food and minimal wages thereby neglecting their own subsistence farming.
He further explains the economic effects of juggling between large scale and small scale cash crop farming to the locals.
He laments the slow growth of the local manufacturing industry due to exporting of the cash crops. Prof Iraki cites the African governments’ negligence in funding the agricultural sectors.
Prof XN Iraki, of the University of Nairobi – Kenya In the Faculty of Businesses and Management Sciences. He has many publications to his name and is a columnist in various National Newspapers
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Today we hear the Tanzanian perspective of restitution of African heritage objects from the global North. Dr Silayo enlightens us on how some of the objects taken away tactfully to the western countries in the name of research.
He emphasizes on the economic benefits and co-relation between cultural objects and cultural practices of a community and the source nation in general. He mentions solution to the weak infrastructure, policies and laws in Tanzania that makes Restitution of African heritage products difficult.
He describes the strength of unity of purpose, dialogue and collaboration by Africa to fast-track the return of cultural objects, notwithstanding the powerful role of people living in diaspora would boost In reclaiming the cultural objects.
Dr Valence Silayo is a lecturer in history, archaeology and heritage Management at Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College -Tanzania. He has sound knowledge and experience in archaeological and historical research, heritage management and community engagement.
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Juma relates restitution of African heritage products to human rights. He reveals how post-colonial legislations have been abused, thereby dislodging cultural objects from the community, to the western nations.
He also exposes the myth surrounding African heritage products stored in Western Museums, as artistic objects, rather than being valuable spiritual, economic and political objects to the lives of the communities from which they were stolen from.
He fondly narrates about human remains stored in the global North and the Vigango (funerary posts from the Giriama Community) held in Germany museum, and their relevance in protecting the community. He crusades for the cultural products to be brought back to the relevant communities who initially owned them and have spiritual bonds with them.
Juma describes the process of restitution of cultural heritage objects and explores gaps related to restitution. He reveals the secret power hidden in the African voice, Pan-African movement and funding towards restitution of African cultural products and invokes the role restitution would play in Innovation.
Mr Juma Ondeng’ has studied Cultural Heritage and International Development at the University Of East Anglia (UK) and is currently working with the National Museums of Kenya as Keeper Antiquities, Sites and Monuments-Western Region.
He is also one of the founding members of the International Inventories Programme – an international research and database project that investigates Kenyan objects held in museums and heritage institutions globally.
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Prof. Willy Mutunga reflects on his personal journey and contribution towards People based pan africanism, through human right and social justice movements.
He shares his view on the current system of political leadership in Kenya, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Mauritius and Africa in general. He illustrates how the involvement
of judiciary and other institutions in Afica can contribute towards radical pan africanism. He mentions Land, boundaries and natural resources as factors related to
the forward movement of radical Pan-africanism.
He sites how external empires and other dynamics pushed against buiding Africa as an empire.
He demonstrates how upholding the place of the youth and women who form a mojority of the population and technological capacity/advancement can propel radical pan-africanism.
This drive also requires and political good will of the leaders at the helm of governance. Intellectuals, artists in exercise of their creative rights must contribute towards the move.
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Prof Willy Mutunga traces the origin of radical pan-Africanism since 1945 and the multi dimension approach in "The African world" and the Caribbean.
He makes a clear distinction of the advent of Pan Africanism as People oriented and not "states" based, with proponents such as Tom Mboya, Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, W.E.B Du Bois, George Padmore and Ralph Bunche amongst many others.
The conversation also reveals the role of Tanzania as a catalyst towards growth of Pan Africanism and notable retreats that happened over the years in the quest for Pan Africanism.
Prof. Willy Mutunga also discusses about The dream of a United States of Africa and resistances towards achieving the solidarity.
There are global dynamics affecting the growth and resurrections of the solidarity movement.
We learn about Muamar Gaddafi's impact on the forward movement of radical pan Africanism.
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The Podcast discusses political, economic, social, cultural and environmental issues affecting the African continent while at the same time delving into particular national and regional concerns. The podcast presents an opportunity for knowledge sharing and learning, and gives priority to African voices from the continent and the diaspora.
