Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

"The Kenyan President is a Colonizer"
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
08 Aug 2025
🖨️ Print Article

Black Agenda Radio · "The Kenyan President is a Colonizer"

Marcela Onyango is a Luo stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn and Washington DC. She is the founder of Feel the News on TikTok, a columnist for Shado Mag and host of a monthly show, Feel the News at Friends and Lovers in Brooklyn. She joins us from Brooklyn to discuss her Substack post, “The Kenyan President is a Colonizer” analyzing colonization and its deeper meanings regarding events in Kenya and our own understanding of that term.

 

Kenya
William Ruto
Colonialism
imperialism

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 22, 2026
22 May 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the issue of deed theft, the loss of property by fraudulent means, which disproportionately impacts Black commun
Congo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Congo, Ebola Virus Disease, and Colonial Exploitation
22 May 2026
Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, joins Black Agenda Rep
Ahmed Kaballo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Ahmed Kaballo on the France Africa Summit
15 May 2026
Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report speaks to Ahmed Kaballo, founder of Nairobi-based Sovereign Medi

More Stories


  • Organizing in the South 
    Joseph B. Atkins 
    Organizing in the South 
    15 Apr 2021
    Strong condemnations from the NAACP and Black Congressional Caucus of Amazon’s treatment of its workers might have made a difference in the strike vote,
  • Reality Police Erase Lesbians, Covid-skeptics and Democracy
    Riva Enteen
    Reality Police Erase Lesbians, Covid-skeptics and Democracy
    15 Apr 2021
    Corporate reality police have stablished themselves as the authorities on what constitutes “information” or “disinformation.”
  • The Hypocrisy of “American Democracy”
    Wilmer J. Leon III
    The Hypocrisy of “American Democracy”
    15 Apr 2021
    The US is the anti-democratic force undermining the will of Venezuelans as the US steals their resources and money.
  • The US Dollar’s Hegemony is Looking Fragile 
    Kenneth Rogoff
    The US Dollar’s Hegemony is Looking Fragile 
    15 Apr 2021
    French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d’Estaing famously the dollar’s special status called America’s “exorbitant privilege” – which it might be in the process of losing
  •  Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 12, 2021
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 12, 2021
    13 Apr 2021
    Black Urban Crises and Push-Out “Engineered”
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us