Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala Nyabola, Kenyan writer and political analyst focused on digital tech and elections. She explores how connectivity, platform economics and profit fuel misinformation. She maps who builds disinformation networks, the failings of language-biased moderation, and community-led responses like Kiswahili digital rights and health workers slowing falsehoods.

Nanjala Nyabola, a writer and political analyst, shares her insights on migration, race, and identity from an African perspective. She recounts personal travel experiences in diverse locations, highlighting how tourism often overlooks people of color. Co-host Yousra Elbagir facilitates a discussion on the implications of privilege in travel, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mobility, and the complexities of identity in contemporary Kenya. Together, they passionately explore issues of human trafficking, storytelling, and the need for authentic representation in narratives.