Jahazi Vol 6:Reflections on Culture, Arts & the Constitution of Kenya

Synopsis

This issue of Jahazi discusses identity and culture through the lens of the Constitution of Kenya. From food production to traditional knowledge, from music to nation-formation and from policy to a gripping book review, we see the importance of culture in this issue of Jahazi.

Editorial Board

Mueni Lundi,
Kwamchetsi Makokha,
Kimani Njogu,
G. Oluoch-Olunya

Issue Editor: G. Oluoch-Olunya & Mueni Lundi

Design & Layout: Victor Gitonga Twenty Twenty Design

Photography: Henry Omondi

Art: Paul Abwao

Contents

    • Word from the Publisher by Kimani Njogu

 

    • Ceding Culture? Securing Seeds and Plant Varieties by Dorothy Muthini, The Food Alliance

 

    • Breaking it Down: The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Act by Marisella Ouma

 

    • Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions: Caught Up in the Act by Nelson Tunoi

 

    • Towards a National Intellectual Property Policy in Kenya by Victor Nzomo and Isaac Rutenberg

 

    • A Creative Commons: Sharing What you Own by Alex Gakuru

 

    • Culture in the Counties: Artivism at Work by Kimani wa Wanjiru

 

    • The Kenya Cultural Center/National Theatre: Relocating Culture by Aghan Odero

 

    • Popular Music and the Challenges of Freedom of Expression in Kenya by Mwenda Ntarangwi

 

    • Imagining the Nation by Maina Mutonya

 

    • Ethnicity and Nationhood: Sliding Down the Trodden Path by P Anyang’ Nyong’o

 

    • Memory, Identity and Pluralism in Kenya’s Constitution Building Process by Zein Abubakar

 

    • Excerpt: Dust by Yvonne A Owuor

 

    • Book Review: Memory, Alienation and a Particular Yearning: A Review of MG Vassanji’s Nostalgia by Godwin Siundu
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