This series publishes across five properties simultaneously. Each approaches the same twelve months from a different angle. The analytical home is here. The observer notes are on Americans and Their Things. The practical diaspora guide is on Kabla Uende Majuu. The letters are on My Dear Soldier and Dear Immigrant.

The analytical framework for this series lives in The Transition State Arc — twelve essays on how institutions weaken, misdiagnose, and reorganize. The Kenya year is the primary source material for what the Arc looks like in real time, in two countries at once.