
Kenya’s Music & Art Scene Keep Cannabis Culture Thriving Despite Colonial Laws
I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind
Martin Mahanda is a writer, cannabis activist, and culture commentator from Nairobi, Kenya. When he's not watching podcasts and rolling joints, he's busy writing about cannabis, music, and other elements of culture. And when he's not doing that, he's making pop-centric trap music and writing poetry he hopes no one will ever read.

I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind

The intersection between cannabis prohibitionism and police brutality It’s 7 pm on a Friday, and I’ve been walking home for the past half hour or

I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind feels against my face. My brother and I had a quick sesh before I left for home, and the THC is just now kicking in. Gengetone music is blasting from the speakers, and as I

The intersection between cannabis prohibitionism and police brutality It’s 7 pm on a Friday, and I’ve been walking home for the past half hour or so. I’m on the homestretch, and I can see my favourite fast food joint in the distance. I ran in the morning, cleaned the house, and stopped by a friend’s place to check on them.
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