Author: Felix Morara
Derridan différance: Lessons in meaning, and the pursuit thereof
Jacques Derrida is a leading figure in 20th-century French thought. His work, controversial and enthralling, spread through much of the world at the close of a century unlike any other–one packed with war, institutional transformation and a deep reformation of societies everywhere. The sceptical outlook as reaction and in its own right, that fills much […]
11 reasons to say no to a King.
It is no secret that I have no warm feelings for monarchy. The last few days have, however, convinced me that it is more important than ever to make a cogent case for why this is so. There’s the obvious reasons, being Kenyan: we have a history packed with exploitation at the hands of British […]
Furaha
Nimecheka leo nzima nikiskiza Iyanii akirausha hisi hizi za Nairobi. Akasema: I am happy today, so happy I am happy today, so happy Ju sisi ni walevi sisi ni walevi Tunapenda kamnyweso, tunapenda kamnyweso Sisi ni walevi, sisi ni walevi Tunapenda kamnyweso, tunapenda kamnyweso Furaha-IYANII We wasemaje kicheko hiki? Kweli labda furaha ni ya walevi […]
Musée des Rêves
The Charnel House, a Picasso painted in 1944, hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, “a cry against war and a cry of horror.” Somewhere in those same galleries, Dali’s Persistence of Memory lies melting and melding time in an abstract expressionist wail of concern and consoles–clocks melting in “a Surrealist meditation on […]
Work or Live?
Kabooch! Kabooch! Kabooch! Up on the 12th floor, the printer that was responsible for the cacophony in Kabber’s ears let out another page. The pages came with two columns of text, each running jaggedly down the length of one of the sides. Kabber would take the pages, scan them into a computer document, and spend […]