Simone Bazos

Contact at simonebazos@gmail.com


/ March 24, 2012 6:03 pm

A Wider Lens

"If you do that then you will lose the people of the community, and then you will lose the organization.”

/ February 24, 2012 7:22 pm

Kenya Dig A Cellphone Revolution

There is a revolution in Kenya that parallels the banking system and the broadband revolution but is something entirely its own: the cellular revolution.

/ February 10, 2012 6:38 pm

Getting Trashed in Nairobi

A Look Inside A Kenyan Landfill

/ January 27, 2012 6:39 pm

Waiting, Sitting, Wishing

On December 6 this past year, I was anxious to get to Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to witness the nation’s presidential election.

/ December 2, 2011 3:19 pm

Me Against the World

Now you see, in Kenya the most seemingly innocuous organizations, teams, or associations usually have a much darker underbelly than you would expect.

/ November 19, 2011 10:13 am

United States of Kibera

Pamoja FM's and Jah-Army's Day of Change

/ November 4, 2011 1:54 pm

Kenya Hear Me

It’s 4:30 am in Kibera, and a train had fallen off the tracks.

/ October 21, 2011 2:15 pm

“Below the Battle”

Last week, the Kenyan government officially declared an “offensive military agenda,” an action that many are calling Kenya's first war. Interestingly, this war is not with another nation, but with Al-Shabaab – an extremist militia splinter group of Al-Qaeda that has controlled large parts of Somalia for years.

/ October 7, 2011 4:44 pm

Left High and Dry

Kenya's state politics of distraction and marginalization