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This is the second part our podcast with Prof. Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri who celebrates African’s diversity in population, language, culture and Diaspora as a tool to uphold innovation and strength to recall the cultural heritage from the Western countries.
He challenges African writers and intellectuals and those in the diaspora to exploit literature as a tool for knowledge creation through the diverse languages. He continues to explore on Pan Africanism and diaspora writings as a solution to resolving land disputes.
Ng’ang’a introduces his pet project on the Ardhi Initiave on digitizing land treaties as an initiative of reclaiming our African heritage.
Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri, of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, he has wide interest in Africa Literature, 20th Century fiction, short Stories and Caribbean Writers.

Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri explains his background and transition from Engineering to the rich field of Literature.
He describes the connection of land in development, Identity in Africa and spirituality.
Prof Ng’ang’a Muchiri introduces the answer Literature and performances as an answer to resolving land disputes away from field related Technical solutions and disciplines.
Prof Ng’ang’a Wahu Muchiri, of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, has wide interest in Africa Literature, 20th Century fiction, short Stories and Caribbean Writers.

Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientising the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.

Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientizing the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.

Zarina Patel, a Kenyan South Asian woman, has made significant contributions to various social and political movements in Kenya. She followed in the footsteps of Makhan Singh, the father of trade unionism in Kenya, and authored his biography. She also worked closely with trade unionists and labor activists to promote workers' rights and improve their working conditions. Zarina's diverse contributions include fighting for women's rights, saving Jeevanjee Gardens from land grabbers, working with organizations for the Kenyan Constitution Review process, and being a founder member of the Kenya Asian Forum. She understood the connection between creative expression and democratic space, and the benefits of conscientising the public of social, political, cultural, global, and economic circumstances.

Prof XN Iraki illustrates the introduction of cash crops in Kenya by the British colonialists that disrupted the social, economic traditional way of farming in Africa.
He reveals the unique pattern of growth of towns along the railway line.
He also narrates how the colonialists brainwashed the Africans into working on their farms in return for basic food and minimal wages thereby neglecting their own subsistence farming.
He further explains the economic effects of juggling between large scale and small scale cash crop farming to the locals.
He laments the slow growth of the local manufacturing industry due to exporting of the cash crops. Prof Iraki cites the African governments’ negligence in funding the agricultural sectors.
Prof XN Iraki, of the University of Nairobi – Kenya In the Faculty of Businesses and Management Sciences. He has many publications to his name and is a columnist in various National Newspapers