This archive report was first published on 8 July 2019.
On July 3, 2019, the New York Times published a job advert for its Nairobi, Kenya, office that reignited an online storm over the media house's tired stereotypes about Africa.
The advert, which described the ideal candidate's role and responsibilities in reductive language, sparked a massive online uproar.
Three Kenyan poets, calling themselves sisterhood.lam, clapped back with a video rendition of the job ad, which they shared on social media.
Michael Slackman, the New York Times editor, responded to the viral poem on social media, saying, 'Dear Lam Sisterhood, Thank you. I loved and learned from your
