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Headstrong Historian

@chaotayiana

Time traveler, nomad⏳. Working at the intersection of technology & heritage. Founder @AfricaDHeritage, cf @museumofbc, @OpenRestitution

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Larry Madowo (@larrymadowo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kenyan police cornered peaceful protesters in a blocked alley, beat them up, then teargassed them. "Larry ukienda tutauliwa," one of them said. "If you leave, we'll get killed." Police brutality during protests against police brutality

Drunken Lectures (@drunkenlectures) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Given the unpopular cases rising from the police force the last few days. questions rose in our minds, has it always been like this? Why are they like this? What is long with our brothers and sisters? Is there something wrong?

Given the unpopular cases rising from the police force the last few days.  questions rose in our minds, has it always been like this? Why are they like this? What is long with our brothers and sisters? Is there something wrong?
Keith Ang'ana (@anganakeith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This coming Monday the 30th of June, from 5pm - 8pm, we'll be having a lecture on 'The Colonial Roots of Police Brutality in Kenya', tangu enzi za IBEACo Askaris, up to this date, ndio tuelewe system vizuri, courtesy of historian Headstrong Historian. Find the RSVP in the thread below:

World Athletics (@worldathletics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chasing history, creating legacy 💜 Still the fastest mile run by a woman in history, Faith Kipyegon, EGH🇰🇪 gives everything in her quest to break the 4️⃣ minute mile and stops the clock at 4:06.42. Thank you, Faith, for making us dream. Maybe not today, but soon…😤

Chasing history, creating legacy 💜

Still the fastest mile run by a woman in history, <a href="/Kipyegon_Faith/">Faith Kipyegon, EGH🇰🇪</a> gives everything in her quest to break the 4️⃣ minute mile and stops the clock at 4:06.42.  

Thank you, Faith, for making us dream. 

Maybe not today, but soon…😤
I am Chege (@_james041) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Majamaa, tuchangamkieni hii story ya Ndiangui Kinyagia. The guy has been missing since Saturday and his whereabouts are unknown. We cannot be quiet when one of us is missing. Let us speak for Ndiangui Kinyagia. Where is Ndiangui Kinyagia? #FreeNdianguiKinyagia

Majamaa, tuchangamkieni hii story ya Ndiangui Kinyagia.

The guy has been missing since Saturday and his whereabouts are unknown.

We cannot be quiet when one of us is missing.

Let us speak for Ndiangui Kinyagia.

Where is Ndiangui Kinyagia?

#FreeNdianguiKinyagia
Keith Ang'ana (@anganakeith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Had an amazing Drunken Lecture yesterday with Headstrong Historian akatufunza kuhusu the 4 foundations of the (colonial) police system in Kenya, the ordinances zenye zilipitishwa kudhulumu wakenya, na most importantly, the Nairobi General Strike of 1950! Ilikuwa a great history class!

Had an amazing Drunken Lecture yesterday with <a href="/ChaoTayiana/">Headstrong Historian</a> akatufunza kuhusu the 4 foundations of the (colonial) police system in Kenya, the ordinances zenye zilipitishwa kudhulumu wakenya, na most importantly, the Nairobi General Strike of 1950!

Ilikuwa a great history class!
Hive of Theatre (@hiveofthearts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hayawi hayawi, huwa! Tunawaletea tamthilia maarufu ya Kifo Kisimani! Itaonyeshwa mnamo tarehe 2 na 3 Agosti katika ukumbi wa Jain Bhavan, Loresho. Nunua tikiti yako na ya mwenzio hala hala… mookh.com/event/kifo-kis…

Hayawi hayawi, huwa!

Tunawaletea tamthilia maarufu ya Kifo Kisimani! Itaonyeshwa mnamo tarehe 2 na 3 Agosti katika ukumbi  wa Jain Bhavan, Loresho.

Nunua tikiti yako na ya mwenzio hala hala… 

mookh.com/event/kifo-kis…
John Kamau, MBS (@johnkamau1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another generation returns to the trenches, bearing the standard of change once more. In 1991, the champions of democracy were scorned—branded as hooligans, rioters, and pawns of Western intrigue. Yet, despite the vilification, they endured. In the end, KANU relented, and the

Another generation returns to the trenches, bearing the standard of change once more. In 1991, the champions of democracy were scorned—branded as hooligans, rioters, and pawns of Western intrigue. Yet, despite the vilification, they endured. In the end, KANU relented, and the
Faith Odhiambo (@faithodhiambo8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The use of armed goons to suppress the voices of the people as they agitate for a better society and country is out of order. The evolution of the deployment of goons from political gatherings to peaceful demonstrations and now to press conferences and public engagements is a

The use of armed goons to suppress the voices of the people as they agitate for a better society and country is out of order. The evolution of the deployment of goons from political gatherings to peaceful demonstrations and now to press conferences and public engagements is a
WILLIE OEBA (@willieoeba) 's Twitter Profile Photo

POLICE ARE EVICTING PEOPLE FROM CBD TO GO HOME NO OPENING OF BUSINESSES NO BUSSES HOW LONG CAN RUTO SUSTAIN THIS IF WE DECIDE TO DECLARE EVERY DAY A PROTEST DAY ?

Noura Erakat (@4noura) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Palestinians deserve an international tribunal, reparations, accountability, and liberation above all. Instead, the Western world is fantasizing over how to transform a people’s homeland into their investment bonanza. Settler fantasies are violent in every language. #Gaza #Nakba

Palestinians deserve an international tribunal, reparations, accountability, and liberation above all. Instead, the Western world is fantasizing over how to transform a people’s homeland into their investment bonanza. Settler fantasies are violent in every language. 
#Gaza #Nakba
Faith Odhiambo (@faithodhiambo8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is regrettable that the heavily dispersed and relatively non-disruptive protests of the day were responded to with unmeted violence and deprivation of basic, fundamental rights, including free movement. The Public Order Act does not contemplate the suspension of people's

It is regrettable that the heavily dispersed and relatively non-disruptive protests of the day were responded to with unmeted violence and deprivation of basic, fundamental rights, including free movement. The Public Order Act does not contemplate the suspension of people's
thee___ (@chimananyu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I still hear gunshots in Ngong Our barber has just been shot in the head as he was leaving his shop. It’s a night of terror here

WANJERI NDERU #STOPTheseTHIEVES LINDA KATIBA (@wanjerinderu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#AmKenyan It has just hit home that not only am I lucky to be alive, Kenyans are no longer afraid of dying. What I witnessed in Ngong today! I can't fully express in writing. The police were shooting directly at the crowd and people were still running towards them! They had

aleya (@aleyakassam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

(holding space for the patterns of history that we see playing out, but resisting the narrative of inevitability...instead directing energy towards a different possibility)