• Paula Adhis

Stories by Paula Adhis

What It’s Like To … Build and Run a Pan-African Bookstore in Nairobi

What It’s Like To … Build and Run a Pan-African Bookstore in Nairobi

What It's Like To...
‘I Was Gambling With My Freedom:' Momodou Taal on Fighting Deportation and Choosing to Leave the U.S. on His Terms

‘I Was Gambling With My Freedom:' Momodou Taal on Fighting Deportation and Choosing to Leave the U.S. on His Terms

News
Kenyan Artists Plan Public Staging of Political Play After Schoolgirls' Performance Is Disrupted

Kenyan Artists Plan Public Staging of Political Play After Schoolgirls' Performance Is Disrupted

News
Can Facebook Be Held Responsible for Violence in Africa? Kenya’s Courts Say Yes

Can Facebook Be Held Responsible for Violence in Africa? Kenya’s Courts Say Yes

News
Tanzania’s Abigail Chams Is on the Brink of Superstardom

Tanzania’s Abigail Chams Is on the Brink of Superstardom

News
In ‘Matabeleland,’ a Zimbabwean Filmmaker Confronts an Unburied Past

In ‘Matabeleland,’ a Zimbabwean Filmmaker Confronts an Unburied Past

Film + TV
What It’s Like To … Build a National Skateboarding Movement in Kenya

What It’s Like To … Build a National Skateboarding Movement in Kenya

What It's Like To...
What to Watch in East Africa This April

What to Watch in East Africa This April

Film + TV
The Shifting Reality for African Students in Donald Trump’s America

The Shifting Reality for African Students in Donald Trump’s America

News
A photo of actor Jimmy Gathu smiling confidently at the camera.

Kenya’s Jimmy Gathu Is Still Working, Still Evolving, And Still That Guy

Film + TV
Abdirizaq Hassan sits at an outdoor table surrounded by colorful plastic chairs, gazing into the distance.

For Somali Diasporans "Returning Home," Kenya is the Next Best Thing

Diaspora
Abigail Chams smiling alongside Harmonize, both posing in a scene from the "Me Too" music video.

The Best East African Songs Right Now

Music
“Latey: Looking for Love” promotional image featuring bachelor Messiah Hailemeskel, surrounded by ten women.

‘Latey: Looking for Love’ is the Hit Ethiopian Reality Dating Show With an Unexpected Feminist Twist

Film + TV
Ugandan artist Vinka in a white ruffled crop top with pearl-adorned shorts.

Uganda’s Vinka is Here to Make You Dance — and She’s Just Getting Started

Latest
John Legend performs onstage during Global Citizen's Move Afrika: Kigali at BK Arena on February 21, 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Op-Ed: How John Legend's Rwanda Concert Challenges the Politics of Boycotts

Latest
Bruce Melodie wearing a fur-trimmed jacket and sunglasses, looking off to the side.

Rwanda’s Bruce Melodie is Ready to go From Kigali to the World

Latest
Faiza Hersi poses in a soft pink dress, sitting on a white block against a white background

Faiza Hersi is Changing the Blueprint for East Africa’s Music Industry

Latest
Njerae, a Kenyan singer, laughs while leaning against a curtain.

How ‘Kenya’s Lover Girl’ is Taking Her Sound Global

Editorial