African Knowledge Systems
2 published articles
Commentary / Case Simulation · 2026-09-04
The Magadi Test: When Sovereignty Must Become Capability
Kenya is right to demand more value from Lake Magadi. The real test is whether it can enforce accountability and build downstream industry without replacing one opaque arrangement with another.
Commentary · 2026-08-23
Mzungu Research vs Mwafrika Research: Who Holds the Knowledge?
A doctoral defence and a jua kali engine on the same morning. Formal research makes knowledge contestable; apprenticeship makes it consequential. Africa’s opportunity is not to crown one laboratory and dismiss the other, but to build institutions where footnote and fingerprint can interrogate each other.