Articles By Martyn Drakard

Why are some Kenyans weeping over a death in Minneapolis and not a death in Mathare?

Martyn Drakard

June 11, 2020

Coronavirus reading: 'The Kite Runner'

Martyn Drakard

May 07, 2020

Quarantine reading: the nun who made an empire

Martyn Drakard

April 12, 2020

Coronavirus reading: Courage, betrayal and survival in wartime Eastern Europe

Martyn Drakard

April 03, 2020

Cormac McCarthy: Clinging to hope in a devastated world

Martyn Drakard

May 12, 2017

Beyond sadness, a saving hope

Martyn Drakard

September 11, 2014

Judge appointments spark gay rights debate in Kenya

Martyn Drakard

June 06, 2011

Where's the welcome mat?

Martyn Drakard

April 07, 2011

Africans puzzled by Western attacks on faith

Martyn Drakard

January 11, 2011

What's wrong with African soccer?

Martyn Drakard

July 10, 2010

Why is Hillary pushing gay rights upon Africa?

Martyn Drakard

July 06, 2010

The wheels of international justice in Africa

Martyn Drakard

June 09, 2010

Swerve with verve

Martyn Drakard

May 25, 2010

Africa: religious fault-line?

Martyn Drakard

April 23, 2010

Kenyans divided over new constitution

Martyn Drakard

April 08, 2010

World Cup raises trafficking alert in South Africa

Martyn Drakard

March 31, 2010

Pirates of necessity

Martyn Drakard

February 11, 2010

Uganda's gay bill and the cultural imperialists

Martyn Drakard

January 20, 2010

Albinos in dread of a dark superstition

Martyn Drakard

January 14, 2010

Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles

Martyn Drakard

December 25, 2009

Only two kids?

Martyn Drakard

December 01, 2009

A voice of conscience in the Kenyan media

Martyn Drakard

July 19, 2009

I Am Justice

Martyn Drakard

May 26, 2009

When kindness kills

Martyn Drakard

April 20, 2009

Africa needs better media coverage

Martyn Drakard

March 21, 2009

Heart of Darfur

Martyn Drakard

January 14, 2009

Jubilation in Kenya

Martyn Drakard

November 07, 2008

A Thousand Hills

Martyn Drakard

July 26, 2008

The Wizard of the Nile

Martyn Drakard

June 18, 2008

Mayhem in South Africa's townships

Martyn Drakard

June 07, 2008

Abortion could harm your mental health

Martyn Drakard

March 19, 2008

The curse of tribal rivalry

Martyn Drakard

February 02, 2008

Kenya: test case for African democracy

Martyn Drakard

January 11, 2008

Crying poor

Martyn Drakard

November 02, 2007

Award for pioneer African novelist

Martyn Drakard

October 05, 2007

Where political incorrectness reigns

Martyn Drakard

September 14, 2007

A new era for African media

Martyn Drakard

August 23, 2007

Why some Africans fear Western medicine

Martyn Drakard

August 10, 2007

Is Zimbabwe taking respect for old age a bit too far?

Martyn Drakard

August 03, 2007

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Martyn Drakard

July 19, 2007

Grief after the other bombing

Martyn Drakard

July 05, 2007

East Africa changes with tourist hordes

Martyn Drakard

May 29, 2007

Silent agony of Sudan

Martyn Drakard

May 13, 2007

Welcome to Sarajevo

Martyn Drakard

May 03, 2007

Africa's competitive fasting

Martyn Drakard

April 05, 2007

Africa through Polish eyes

Martyn Drakard

March 29, 2007

Remembering the Last King of Scotland

Martyn Drakard

March 08, 2007

Where witchcraft is far from dead

Martyn Drakard

February 19, 2007

FOCUS ON POPULATION CONTROL Upsetting tradition

Martyn Drakard

January 29, 2007

Is peace breaking out in East Africa?

Martyn Drakard

January 17, 2007

Africa's challenge to Hollywood dominance

Martyn Drakard

December 18, 2006

Tolerance in the Rainbow Nation

Martyn Drakard

December 08, 2006

Ethiopia girds for war

Martyn Drakard

November 18, 2006

Called to greatness

Martyn Drakard

November 11, 2006

The Mission Song

Martyn Drakard

October 20, 2006

Conversing with Islam

Martyn Drakard

October 20, 2006

Wringing a continent dry to put a ring on her finger

Martyn Drakard

October 14, 2006

FOCUS ON SUDAN The fanatic who bested the British Empire

Martyn Drakard

September 30, 2006

FOCUS ON SUDAN
Why Africans look askance at Western meddling

Martyn Drakard

September 30, 2006

What population explosion, asks Uganda's president

Martyn Drakard

September 10, 2006

FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Kenyan churches here to stay

Martyn Drakard

August 17, 2006

A wisp of hope for Sudan's suffering South

Martyn Drakard

August 09, 2006

No pitches, no jerseys, but African soccer flourishes

Martyn Drakard

June 30, 2006

Oath Betrayed: doctors in the war on terror

Martyn Drakard

June 28, 2006

African families fighting Western pressures

Martyn Drakard

June 09, 2006

War without end

Martyn Drakard

May 26, 2006

FOCUS ON THE DA VINCI CODE
In Nairobi, it's a bore

Martyn Drakard

May 19, 2006

A century of agony in the Congo

Martyn Drakard

March 26, 2006

Africa's religious fault line

Martyn Drakard

March 18, 2006

For Kenyan street kids, glue sniffing is a way of life

Martyn Drakard

March 03, 2006

Famine in Kenya: an avoidable disaster

Martyn Drakard

January 27, 2006