The EastAfricanMagazine /magazine/-/434746/434746/-/1523wgq/-/index.html Beware that swelling and pain, it could be arthritis http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004172/-/125bkutz/-/index.html Arthritis is pain and swelling of the joints. According to Dr Omondi Oyoo, a consultant physician and rheumatologist, arthritis is a term that covers over 100 conditions, all linked because they cause pain and swelling of the joints. 2010-09-06T12:09:29Z The antelope also rises.. http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004170/-/125bkuvz/-/index.html Many happy returns go this week to the man who, more than most, helped to make East African art an international force. 2010-09-06T12:06:53Z Hot African tunes light a jazz fire at Copenhagen summer festival http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004152/-/125bkwlz/-/index.html The summer has hit Copenhagen and the best way to have some quality time in this friendly city is to listen to live music. Two major events are taking place, one after the other. 2010-09-06T11:45:10Z Dismal fete for second republic http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004134/-/125bkybz/-/index.html Religious rites and rituals like baptism, marriage and funerals, as well as social ceremonies like university graduations, are usually very dramatic. 2010-09-06T11:22:15Z Adamson: The pride of Kora http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004128/-/125bl03z/-/index.html In Africa you do not ask how far a place is, you ask how long will it take to get there. 2010-09-06T11:02:28Z What is it about the 20 somethings? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/1004120/-/125bl0bz/-/index.html This question pops up everywhere, underlying concerns about “failure to launch” and “boomerang kids.” 2010-09-06T10:38:35Z From cultural nationalism to liberal democracy in Africa http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/From%20cultural%20nationalism%20to%20liberal%20democracy%20in%20Africa/-/434746/998912/-/2bs96bz/-/index.html On August 4, Kenyans voted for a new constitution that will finally establish the country as a liberal democracy. 2010-08-30T17:27:48Z Biofuels don't threaten food security - study http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/999044/-/13ut04dz/-/index.html Production of biofuels does not necessarily constitute a threat to food security, a new study has concluded. 2010-08-30T12:28:18Z Does acupuncture work? Docs give Chinese remedy thorough check-up http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/999032/-/13ut05bz/-/index.html For at least 2,000 years Chinese healers have used acupuncture to treat pain and other ailments. Now, Western doctors want proof that it works. 2010-08-30T12:17:53Z Greenheart, the wonder tree, can sprout money if spared the axe http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/999000/-/13ut081z/-/index.html Samuel Mariko Ndwiga pounds dried tree bark in a mortar. From the powder, the 86-year-old herbalist who plies his trade in Embu, Kenya, concocts medicine to treat a myriad diseases. 2010-08-30T11:01:42Z How the Baganda came to Kisiiland http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/How%20the%20Baganda%20came%20to%20Kisiiland/-/434746/994424/-/522kyb/-/index.html Deep inside Gusiiland in Kenya, about 250km east of the Busia border, is a village called Boganda where a family of about 180 ex-Ugandans have lived since the last century, writes Julius Bosire 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z Boxing with Idi Amin http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Boxing%20with%20Idi%20Amin/-/434746/994416/-/1lfo8e/-/index.html While opening the All Africa Amateur Championships in Kampala in 1974, the then Ugandan president shocked everyone by declaring that he would fight the national coach. And he went ahead to knock him out... quickly, writes BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z A man for all seasons http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/A%20man%20for%20all%20seasons/-/434746/994456/-/15r0ss5/-/index.html Wycliffe Kiyingi is the moving spirit behind modern Ugandan theatre, writes Bamuturaki Musinguzi 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z The restless enigma of Ayaan Hirsi http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/The%20restless%20enigma%20of%20Ayaan%20Hirsi/-/434746/994430/-/nhfejy/-/index.html A rebel against selected Islamic laws, and hence alienated from her family, friends and society, Ayaan Ali Hirsi fled her native Somalia to Holland where she became an MP, and then to the US. A born ‘nomad’, literally, writes BETTY CAPLAN 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z What’s next in line from the queue artist? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Whats%20next%20in%20line%20from%20the%20queue%20artist/-/434746/994454/-/f0and0z/-/index.html Peterson Kamwathi’s work is joyous, fun, entertaining, provocative, polemical and, Frank Whalley believes, necessary. 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z Invasion of the killer weed from South America http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Invasion%20of%20the%20killer%20weed%20from%20South%20America/-/434746/994448/-/14ugr5lz/-/index.html Dependent on wind, water and motor cars for dispersal, parthenium spreads quickly, reducing farm yields by up to 90pc. It is toxic to humans and animals. By Rupi Mangat 2010-08-22T21:00:00Z On show, the fine art of making art http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/On%20show%20the%20fine%20art%20of%20making%20art/-/434746/976964/-/153tdkvz/-/index.html A 20-minute video is essential viewing for an understanding - and enjoyment - of an ongoing exhibition in Nairobi, says Frank Whalley 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z Life goes on in Somalia amid the chaos http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Life%20goes%20on%20in%20Somalia%20amid%20the%20chaos/-/434746/976944/-/3mximrz/-/index.html The absence of a central government has had little effect on daily life, as local authorities fill the void. And contrary to the outside perception of anarchy and death, law and order is the norm in most places, with education, health, commerce and transport systems working well, writes PATRICK GATHARA 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z All Africa’s a stage for BBC http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/All%20Africas%20a%20stage%20for%20BBC/-/434746/976948/-/1hpom3z/-/index.html There’s been a huge improvement in African storytelling from heavy, message-driven, punchlines to subtle, interesting ones, radio drama guru tells Bamuturaki Musinguzi 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z Providing harmony for EA cultural union http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Providing%20harmony%20for%20EA%20cultural%20union/-/434746/976956/-/nxgrjoz/-/index.html From Arusha to Mombasa to Nairobi, the East African Orchestra has thrilled fans with tunes by the region’s top musicians — Mbaraka Mwinshehe, Fadhili William, Philly Lutaaya and Daudi Kabaka, writes CIUGU MWAGIRU 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z The great Asian exodus of 1969 http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/The%20great%20Asian%20exodus%20of%201969/-/434746/976958/-/qc0lwn/-/index.html Zarina Patel goes behind the headlines of that traumatic event to unearth the story of the Asian journalists who brought it to the world’s attention and recounts how they helped shape journalism in Kenya’s early years 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z Mother, child health receive regional boost http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Mother%20child%20health%20receive%20regional%20boost/-/434746/976968/-/11fm9ab/-/index.html Female health workers in the region have a critical role to play in saving the lives of women, newborns and young children. 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z Give her a story, she’ll sing it to the world http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Give%20her%20a%20story%20shell%20sing%20it%20to%20the%20world/-/434746/976966/-/w5drwwz/-/index.html Somi grew up with the sounds of her father’s roots and reggae records, writes Njeri Kihang’ah 2010-08-15T21:00:00Z The writer who would be president http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/The%20writer%20who%20would%20be%20president/-/434746/973018/-/6qbdhhz/-/index.html ‘A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, it pounces,’ maintains the Nobel Literature prize winner. Delving into Nigerian politics next year, at 76, is the climax of a long career as a writer and social critic, writes JOHN MWAZEMBA 2010-08-08T21:00:00Z ‘Role Play’ gives African drama a distinctive point of reference http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/-/434746/973036/-/13w68tuz/-/index.html Anne Manyara argues that because it closes the gap between the performer and the audience, Sibi Okumu’s play has some degree of African authenticity 2010-08-08T21:00:00Z