History written by Kenyans, for everyone.
3,900 notes. 47 counties. Five presidencies. Hundreds of ethnic stories. One connected knowledge graph of Kenya's past -- and present.
Explore by theme
Every theme has its own index. Start at any node -- the graph takes you further.
Presidencies
Five men. One republic. Six decades of power.
Counties
All 47 counties -- history, geography, and the stories inside them.
Elections
Every general election from 1963. The contests that shaped the nation.
Corruption
Goldenberg. Anglo Leasing. Eurobond. The patronage state in full.
Sports
The runners, the footballers, the rugby sevens, and what sport means here.
Conservation
Parks, poaching, ivory, and the colonial model that still shapes wildlife policy.
Kikuyu
Land, resistance, independence, and the dominant political tradition.
Luo
The lake, the intellect, Oginga, Raila, and the long opposition.
Kalenjin
Runners, the Rift Valley, Moi, and a constructed identity.
Swahili
The coast, the city-states, the Indian Ocean, a thousand years of trade.
Legacy
Colonialism's afterlife: land, language, church, and the wounds that won't close.
East Africa
Kenya in its regional context -- the EAC, the borders, the shared history.
Story Trails
2,000 curated journeys through Kenya's history. Each trail is a sequence of notes ordered to tell a complete story arc. Follow the links. Every note has its own trails branching off.
You may not come back the same way you arrived.
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How this works
Our Kenya is a knowledge graph. Every note connects to others via wikilinks. The graph view on the right shows those connections in real time.
Start anywhere -- Kenya , a county, a president, an election. Follow any link. You're in.
There is no right place to begin. There is no wrong turn.
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