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Edwin Chiloba
Edwin Kiprotich Kiptoo (6 February 1997 – January 2023), better known as Edwin Chiloba, was a Kenyan fashion designer, model, and LGBTQ activist. Early life and education Chiloba was born in the small, sparsely populated village of Sergoit in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. At a very young age, he lost his mother and then he was orphaned when his father died while he was in high school. He was a staunch Catholic growing up, joining the Young Christian Students at Sergoit Primary School. After spending his formative years moving from relative to relative, he eventually enrolled in the education program at Moi University's West Campus to earn his university degree. In 2019, he moved to Eldoret from Nairobi to study fashion. Fashion career and LGBTQ+ activism During his third year of studies at Moi University West Campus, Chiloba began to actively pursue a career in fashion, creating outfits and attending photoshoots and pageants, much to his relatives' disapproval. This impac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Elgeyo-Marakwet County is one of Kenya's 47 Counties of Kenya, counties. Located in the former Rift Valley Province, its capital and largest town is Iten. It borders the counties of West Pokot to the north, Baringo County to the east, southeast and south, Uasin Gishu to the southwest and west, and Trans Nzoia to the northwest. Demographics The total population of Elgeyo-Marakwet County is 454,480 persons, of this 227,317 are females, 227,151 males, and 12 intersex persons. There are 99,861 households in the county with an average size of 4.5 persons per household with a density population of 150 persons per square km. Religion Religion in Elgeyo-Marakwe County Geography, geology and topography The Kerio River binds the county on the eastern side. From its alluvial plain, the topography gradually rises towards the west. The Elgeyo Escarpment stands out distinctly and causes elevation differences of up to 1,500 m. In the northern and southern parts of the county the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyan LGBTQ Artists
The Demographics of Kenya is monitored by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in East Africa. Its total population was at 47,558,296 as of the 2019 census. A national census was conducted in 1999, although the results were never released. A new census was undertaken in 2009, but turned out to be controversial, as the questions about ethnic affiliation seemed inappropriate after the ethnic violence of the previous year. Preliminary results of the census were published in 2010. Kenya's population was reported as 47.6 million during the 2019 census compared to 38.6 million inhabitants 2009, 30.7 million in 1999, 21.4 million in 1989, and 15.3 million in 1979. This was an increase of a factor of 2.5 over 30 years, or an average growth rate of more than 3 percent per year. The population growth rate has been reported as reduced during the 2000s, and was estimated at 2.7 percent (as of 2010), resulting in an estimate of 46.5 million in 2016. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violence Against LGBTQ People In Africa
Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation"; it recognizes the need to include violence not resulting in injury or death. Categories The World Health Organization (WHO) divides violence into three broad categories: self-directed, interpersonal, and collective. This categorization differentiates between violence inflicted to and by oneself, by another individual or a small group, and by larger groups such as states. Alternatively, violence can primarily be classified as either instrumental or hostile. Self-inflict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
