Best of
The essays below are the most-read on Onjalazbroz,
ranked by actual reader views. They span the three
pillars this blog covers — global politics from an
African lens, public health and state capacity, and
culture in the post-colonial condition. Read them
in any order.
If you read only one, read the first.
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The most-read essay on this blog — a direct
argument that the corruption discourse in
post-colonial Africa is incomplete without
naming colonialism as its precondition. A
clear statement of the editorial posture of
Onjalazbroz: empire did not leave, it
reorganized.
An examination of how the colonial tactic of
divide-and-rule persists in contemporary African
politics — ethnic, religious, and class divisions
actively engineered to prevent collective
bargaining. The piece argues that what looks like
"tribalism" is often manufactured.
A personal/cultural essay — slower, more literary
than the political analysis. Demonstrates the
range of Onjalazbroz beyond policy commentary,
into the human terrain where politics meets daily
life.
4. Revisiting Gender Discussions — Embracing…
A critique of mainstream feminism from an African
vantage. The piece argues that liberal feminism,
as currently constituted, has too often been
weaponized against the very communities it claims
to liberate — and proposes a more grounded
alternative.
A polemical essay on dehumanization — how
political and economic systems reduce people to
beasts of burden, and how language itself becomes
the mechanism. The title is the thesis.
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METHOD SHOWCASE — THE ANALYTICAL REGISTER
The posts above are the most-read. The two below
demonstrate the analytical method this blog brings
to public-health and policy questions — evidence
first, position second. Read them to understand
the register Onjalazbroz aims for on every major
analysis.
6. Kenya Has 241 Ebola Beds. Why Are We Still Not Ready?
An evidence-based assessment of Kenya's
clinical-care capacity for Bundibugyo virus
disease, benchmarked against WHO and CDC
standards. Six components audited — treatment
facilities, clinical workforce, WASH
infrastructure, medical supplies, referral
pathways, continuity of essential services. This
is the method Onjalazbroz uses for every major
analysis.
7. A Symptomatic Ebola Patient Walked Through Kenya's Main Airport Undetected.
The night of October 5, 2026, exposed the gap
between Kenya's preparedness on paper and its
surveillance in practice. This essay reconstructs
the case in detail and uses it as a window into
the systemic fragility of East African
public-health infrastructure.
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