Rasna Warah lives in Kenya and is a columnist with the Daily Nation, Kenya’s largest newspaper. She has worked for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) as editor and writer of the State of the World’s Cities report series, and recently edited and published Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits, an anthology that critiques the development industry in East Africa.
“The course was extremely helpful because it exposed me to the latest thinking in development communication, helping me to question and investigate ‘development’ in a much more informed way. I became more critical of various aspects of foreign aid, and the alternative views about development presented during the course-work prompted me to put together an anthology written mainly by East Africans who were dissatisfied with the way “development” was being practised in their countries. It was published in 2008 and has received good reviews. With a post-graduate degree, I became more marketable in the communication field, and I think I also became a better journalist because I am now much more careful about presenting solid evidence when I write my articles, and analyse data more critically.”
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