Anecdotes from Africa

The East Africa blog initiative is inspired by Sefa Dei’s call to (re)conceptualize Africa. African nations are and continue to be plagued by crisis narratives, pessimism, and exceptionalism which cast the Continent into the penumbra of relevancy and current events. Dei’s work is therefore a call for transgression – to transgress the dominant discourses and instead, highlight the rich complexities, complicated histories and, importantly, tell success stories. The owners and contributors of the blog are all students at the University College Utrecht (UCU) in the Netherlands. To learn more about the purpose of the blog and the positionality of the writers, please press the "About" button below.