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Zimbabwean Wendell Parson and Karen Igho of Nigeria when they won the BBA season six in 2011. Photo/FILE

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Big Brother Africa: Love it or hate it, it’s coming back in August

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With the year now well in, we are moving closer to the annual drama that is the Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality show, expected to be aired in August....

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The distinct two faces of Moyale. The tarmacked road is Ethiopia and the dusty potholed road is Kenya. Photo/Gragory Nyauchi

Down the bumpy road to Moyale

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For the longest time, my two friends and I had dreamt of travelling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, by road. ...

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Balikowa stopped filling his glass, the foam breathing, “That’s Nyeko’s daughter.” Illustration/John Nyagah

Meet your daughter

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Matthew Babinaga was going to say no. He knew this already. But he was going to attend the meeting anyway because Joel Balikowa...

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Left: Dancer from the Transformation Series, by Samuel Githui, and untitled face by Souad Abdel Rasoul. Photos/Frank Whalley

The Circle that keeps on turning

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Hallmarks of excellence in mixed exhibitions are many and various. They include a common theme that gives the show some sort of...

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Abraham Block: The ultimate hustler

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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits,” Thomas A. Edison, Inventor (1847 -1931). So begins chapter 75 of Abraham’s...

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Race on to save Lake Elementaita

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Until recently, Lake Elementaita in Kenya’s Rift Valley hardly attracted attention; all the news was made by the more famous...

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‘Hate’ in the footsteps of ‘Love by Shakespeare’

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For many people, Shakespeare has been the bane of many a gloomy English lesson. Not least because Elizabethan English may sound...

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Fine dining, even for a young palette

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Many fine restaurants won’t allow children especially at dinner. “Children not allowed” and “Adults only” are signs that some...

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Ethiopian film goes to Uganda

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The two-hour movie starts with a scene in which armed fighters storm a village party and forcefully take away young boys to...

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