Film Screening: Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas
On 17 October, the Rift Valley Forum in partnership with Human Rights Watch hosted the screening of the film, Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas by Joakim Demmer. Ethiopia has become one of the most profitable locations in Africa for foreign funded agricultural developments. Hoping for export revenues, the Ethiopian government leases millions of hectares of allegedly unused […]
Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya
Introduction On 5 July 2019, the Rift Valley Forum launched the book, Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya, by Dr. Awino Okech. The book explores the intersection between power, gender and sexuality, and the role of body politics in the construction of gendered subjects and nations. The book uses widow inheritance amongst the Luo of Kenya as […]
The Lure of the City: Rural to urban migration in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
The Rift Valley Institute’s Rural to urban mobility project aims to better understand the dynamics of rural to urban migration and the ways in which this phenomenon impacts the social and infrastructural fabric of cities in East Africa. Although secondary cities have witnessed tremendous growth in the past few decades, playing an important role between rural and […]
Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine
Famine used to kill ten million people every decade but by the early 2000s it had all but disappeared. Today, famine is resurgent, driven by wars, food blockades, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy. In Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, Alex de Waal, author of Famine that Kills and […]
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