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Kenya has about 40,000 “shadow scholars” who are paid by university students in Western countries to write their essays. @thecontinent reviews a new documentary, “The Shadow Scholars,” about this industry, which is directed by Eloïse King in collaboration with Oxford scholar Patricia Kingori. “Kingori’s scholarship is interested in teasing out how power dynamics shape the past, present and future of the global order. In this case, she is appalled by how easily the efforts of these young Kenyans are erased as they go uncredited for their intellectual output – an erasure with loud echoes in history,” writes Wilfred Okiche
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Review: Outsourcing academia
Meet the Kenyan intellectuals quietly ghostwriting academic works for lazy students in the Global North.The Continent
A man has a grenade attached to his head as activists and civil society members participate in a nationwide march titled "End Femicide Kenya" to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV) and to pressure the Kenyan government to implement stricter laws and policies to combat this pervasive issue, in downtown Nairobi, #Kenya. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
People take part in the colour festival, which celebrates unity, diversity and inclusivity in Nairobi, #Kenya
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This bee colony hangs from a fencepost on the border of a farm in Tsavo, Kenya, where it helps deter elephants.
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Elephants enjoy a mud bath at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. The park is a rehabilitation centre for animals orphaned by poaching.
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