Kemigisa
@kemigisa.bsky.social
Journalist and researcher
Elective politics in Eastern Africa and African Feminisms. Plant 🪴 👩🏿
“My role was to do a story and avoid becoming one”- James Baldwin
Elective politics in Eastern Africa and African Feminisms. Plant 🪴 👩🏿
“My role was to do a story and avoid becoming one”- James Baldwin
This weeks @thecontinent.org
cover focuses on Mali’s failed nation-state and the fuel shortages. There is a thing to be written about African military governments and manufacturing scarcity particularly fuel, look at Burundi and their fuel crisis, now we have Mali.
cover focuses on Mali’s failed nation-state and the fuel shortages. There is a thing to be written about African military governments and manufacturing scarcity particularly fuel, look at Burundi and their fuel crisis, now we have Mali.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This weeks @thecontinent.org
cover focuses on Mali’s failed nation-state and the fuel shortages. There is a thing to be written about African military governments and manufacturing scarcity particularly fuel, look at Burundi and their fuel crisis, now we have Mali.
cover focuses on Mali’s failed nation-state and the fuel shortages. There is a thing to be written about African military governments and manufacturing scarcity particularly fuel, look at Burundi and their fuel crisis, now we have Mali.
In East African elective politics, violence has no gender, rather it is an extension of nation-state anti black infrastructure that relies on violence to legitimize itself. The one thing political scientists continues ignore in their analysis of “why African states fail.”
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In East African elective politics, violence has no gender, rather it is an extension of nation-state anti black infrastructure that relies on violence to legitimize itself. The one thing political scientists continues ignore in their analysis of “why African states fail.”
This weeks @thecontinent.org covers the story of the fall of El Fasher – the last Darfuri city to resist the Rapid Support Forces. On Monday, the Sudanese army negotiated a safe exit for its troops, abandoning a quarter of a million people as genocidal militias swept in.
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This weeks @thecontinent.org covers the story of the fall of El Fasher – the last Darfuri city to resist the Rapid Support Forces. On Monday, the Sudanese army negotiated a safe exit for its troops, abandoning a quarter of a million people as genocidal militias swept in.
In Zimbabwe, democracy is under fire
in Harare -literally. Unidentified assailants threw petrol bombs into the Sapes Trust building.The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to
hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis. Via
@thecontinent.org
in Harare -literally. Unidentified assailants threw petrol bombs into the Sapes Trust building.The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to
hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis. Via
@thecontinent.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Zimbabwe, democracy is under fire
in Harare -literally. Unidentified assailants threw petrol bombs into the Sapes Trust building.The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to
hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis. Via
@thecontinent.org
in Harare -literally. Unidentified assailants threw petrol bombs into the Sapes Trust building.The bombing took place just hours before opposition leaders were set to
hold a press conference on Zimbabwe’s constitutional crisis. Via
@thecontinent.org
One of my favorite feminist African scholars @wunpini.bsky.social
wrote a book on media and decolonization. Politicizing how African languages, traditions can mold knowledge production outside of eurocentrism by centering indigenous ways of being, doing & knowing.
Order a copy and thank me later🥂
wrote a book on media and decolonization. Politicizing how African languages, traditions can mold knowledge production outside of eurocentrism by centering indigenous ways of being, doing & knowing.
Order a copy and thank me later🥂
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
One of my favorite feminist African scholars @wunpini.bsky.social
wrote a book on media and decolonization. Politicizing how African languages, traditions can mold knowledge production outside of eurocentrism by centering indigenous ways of being, doing & knowing.
Order a copy and thank me later🥂
wrote a book on media and decolonization. Politicizing how African languages, traditions can mold knowledge production outside of eurocentrism by centering indigenous ways of being, doing & knowing.
Order a copy and thank me later🥂
Today @thecontinent.org essay shows the line between civilian Vs rebel is not a philosophical endeavor like Western media portrays it .
This quote sums it up!
“That night I realised this was no longer a political war – it was a campaign to exterminate my people. I decided to join the resistance.”
This quote sums it up!
“That night I realised this was no longer a political war – it was a campaign to exterminate my people. I decided to join the resistance.”
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today @thecontinent.org essay shows the line between civilian Vs rebel is not a philosophical endeavor like Western media portrays it .
This quote sums it up!
“That night I realised this was no longer a political war – it was a campaign to exterminate my people. I decided to join the resistance.”
This quote sums it up!
“That night I realised this was no longer a political war – it was a campaign to exterminate my people. I decided to join the resistance.”
Okay, let’s all agree that conservation as a field of study is solely built on colonial anti-blackness and please on behalf of all Africans we are tired of y’all. Rest and don’t return!
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Okay, let’s all agree that conservation as a field of study is solely built on colonial anti-blackness and please on behalf of all Africans we are tired of y’all. Rest and don’t return!
Today’s @thecontinent.org pays tribute to one of Kenya’s longest opposition leaders. While others mourn him some will celebrate his death & that is the complex nature of elective politics for the post “colonial” elite in East Africa where service is not above capitalist interests. Nonetheless RIP.
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today’s @thecontinent.org pays tribute to one of Kenya’s longest opposition leaders. While others mourn him some will celebrate his death & that is the complex nature of elective politics for the post “colonial” elite in East Africa where service is not above capitalist interests. Nonetheless RIP.
@thecontinent.org wins in the best magazines covers category every issue published . If you disagree take it up with your grandmother. As for the illustrators 10/10. 😂😂😂
October 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@thecontinent.org wins in the best magazines covers category every issue published . If you disagree take it up with your grandmother. As for the illustrators 10/10. 😂😂😂
To think there is still beauty in this place is wild. But here we are: fall colors +waterfalls and horrible politics.
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
To think there is still beauty in this place is wild. But here we are: fall colors +waterfalls and horrible politics.
This weeks @thecontinent.org covers power aspects of aid, if the US who is one of the biggest funders of healthcare sector pulls back what does that mean for healthcare ? Here I am focusing on Uganda whose health budget is heavily subsidised by aid.
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This weeks @thecontinent.org covers power aspects of aid, if the US who is one of the biggest funders of healthcare sector pulls back what does that mean for healthcare ? Here I am focusing on Uganda whose health budget is heavily subsidised by aid.
@thecontinent.org where is the merchandise you promised to produce on your break 😳 or was it a light jab at the entrepreneurial spirit narrative of “Africa” as the land of opportunity. 😭😭
September 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@thecontinent.org where is the merchandise you promised to produce on your break 😳 or was it a light jab at the entrepreneurial spirit narrative of “Africa” as the land of opportunity. 😭😭
Day one. This could probably be a great time or self imposed pain and I am not a masochist.
We will circle back with an evaluation in 4 years. wish me 🍀
We will circle back with an evaluation in 4 years. wish me 🍀
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Day one. This could probably be a great time or self imposed pain and I am not a masochist.
We will circle back with an evaluation in 4 years. wish me 🍀
We will circle back with an evaluation in 4 years. wish me 🍀
Meanwhile Uk skipped a parliamentary hearing about the accusations on sexual violence in Kenya. British forces in Kenya are
accused of committing acts of
murder, sexual violence and
arson as recently as 2021.
accused of committing acts of
murder, sexual violence and
arson as recently as 2021.
August 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Meanwhile Uk skipped a parliamentary hearing about the accusations on sexual violence in Kenya. British forces in Kenya are
accused of committing acts of
murder, sexual violence and
arson as recently as 2021.
accused of committing acts of
murder, sexual violence and
arson as recently as 2021.
The weeks @thecontinent.org has a deeper explanation of the war in Sudan vs the western media narrative naming it as a “war about nothing “.
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The weeks @thecontinent.org has a deeper explanation of the war in Sudan vs the western media narrative naming it as a “war about nothing “.
The level of distrust in Universities and their workers for incoming students this fall is so palpable you can feel it in every zoom /seminars even offers of anonymity don’t seem to work. Knowing institutions, they will be probably be wondering what is wrong with this cohort of students.
August 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The level of distrust in Universities and their workers for incoming students this fall is so palpable you can feel it in every zoom /seminars even offers of anonymity don’t seem to work. Knowing institutions, they will be probably be wondering what is wrong with this cohort of students.
The @thecontinent.org is back! So this week in African news👇🏿
July 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The @thecontinent.org is back! So this week in African news👇🏿
Hello New York, you old raggedy friend! It’s great to see you
July 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hello New York, you old raggedy friend! It’s great to see you
Moreso, the very creation of nation-states in Africa is a product of colonial anti black violence. The post independence transitions can not hold as large ethnic groups were clustered for European capital extraction and exploitation, so states continue to use violence to legitimize its illegitimacy.
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Moreso, the very creation of nation-states in Africa is a product of colonial anti black violence. The post independence transitions can not hold as large ethnic groups were clustered for European capital extraction and exploitation, so states continue to use violence to legitimize its illegitimacy.
Hot take on militarism presidency in African countries;
As someone born under one of those “freedom fighters” the initial stages are interesting and liberating for those alive at the moment after surviving coups , however aftermath of power trips, they turn into the dictators they always were.
As someone born under one of those “freedom fighters” the initial stages are interesting and liberating for those alive at the moment after surviving coups , however aftermath of power trips, they turn into the dictators they always were.
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hot take on militarism presidency in African countries;
As someone born under one of those “freedom fighters” the initial stages are interesting and liberating for those alive at the moment after surviving coups , however aftermath of power trips, they turn into the dictators they always were.
As someone born under one of those “freedom fighters” the initial stages are interesting and liberating for those alive at the moment after surviving coups , however aftermath of power trips, they turn into the dictators they always were.
I wish the return of these looted pieces also came with reparations their museums spent time making a profit.
June 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I wish the return of these looted pieces also came with reparations their museums spent time making a profit.
Sexual violence added to brutal
crackdown on Nairobi dissent
Protesters thought they’d won
change a year ago. Little has
happened, so they took to the
streets again. To be met with
bullets, barbed wire and rape.via @thecontinent.org
crackdown on Nairobi dissent
Protesters thought they’d won
change a year ago. Little has
happened, so they took to the
streets again. To be met with
bullets, barbed wire and rape.via @thecontinent.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Sexual violence added to brutal
crackdown on Nairobi dissent
Protesters thought they’d won
change a year ago. Little has
happened, so they took to the
streets again. To be met with
bullets, barbed wire and rape.via @thecontinent.org
crackdown on Nairobi dissent
Protesters thought they’d won
change a year ago. Little has
happened, so they took to the
streets again. To be met with
bullets, barbed wire and rape.via @thecontinent.org
Knowledge that I never expected to learn (sought out to understand ) from how stock markets work to now understanding war plans and strategies such as asymmetric warfare. It is not even the end of the year. 😭😭😭 This year has got to end already !
June 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Knowledge that I never expected to learn (sought out to understand ) from how stock markets work to now understanding war plans and strategies such as asymmetric warfare. It is not even the end of the year. 😭😭😭 This year has got to end already !