Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala Nyabola
OccupationWriter and political analyst
NationalityKenyan
EducationKianda School; University of Birmingham; University of Oxford; Harvard Law School
Website
nanjalawrites.com

Nanjala Nyabola is a Kenyan writer, political analyst, and activist based in Nairobi, Kenya.[1][2]

Nyabola writes extensively about African society and politics, technology, international law, and feminism for academic and non-academic publications. Her first book Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya (Zed Books, 2018) was described as "a must read for all researchers and journalists writing about Kenya today".[3]

Nyabola held a Rhodes Scholarship at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford in 2009,[4] was part of the 2017 inaugural cohort of Foreign Policy Interrupted Fellows,[5] and was a 2017 Logan Nonfiction Program Fellow at the Carey Institute for Global Good.[6]

Nyabola sits on the board of Amnesty International Kenya.[7]

  1. ^ "Prize Students Step-up to Receive Awards". University of Birmingham. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ Adebanjo, Oluwayemisi (2019). "Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya". African Studies Quarterly. 18 (4): 85–86.
  3. ^ deSouza, Priyanka (7 December 2018). "Book Review: Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya by Nanjala Nyabola". LSE Review of Books. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Rhodes Scholar Database". Rhodes Trust. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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  6. ^ "H. Nanjala Nyabola". Carey Institute for Global Good. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Our Board". Amnesty International Kenya. Retrieved 10 July 2019.