by Nadjath Akanni | Sep 10, 2021 | Culture, Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
“One in every fifty human beings – more than 150 million persons live outside of their countries of origin as migrants or refugees. They are highly vulnerable to racism, xenophobia, and discrimination. But even when their movement is legal and authorized,...
by Faith Mangwanya | Aug 4, 2021 | Current Affairs, Empowerment
I grew up in a cosmopolitan suburb in the southern parts of Johannesburg. In the early 2000s, the community was an eclectic mix of white Afrikaners, a few Indians who owned the local grocer, blacks and coloureds who had worked their way out of the townships, and a...
by Yunah Bvumbwe | Apr 26, 2021 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
It was one fateful evening when Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the demise of their beloved president Dr. John Pombe Magufuli. Grasping her breath with anxiety written all over her face, she announced that the president had died due to a cardiac failure. What a dark...
by Nadjath Akanni | Apr 7, 2021 | Current Affairs, Education, Family, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
One’s perspective of life changes the day you witness firsthand a close relative or friend go through series of indescribable, agonizing levels of pain, watching them cry for help and there’s nothing you can do, administered pain killers becoming ineffective to...
by Dr. Daniel Jefferson | Mar 29, 2021 | Current Affairs, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
As the UK vaccination programme achieves 873,784 jabs in the past 24 hours, it is bringing to mind much wider issues that are clearly toxic and also represent a sense of unfairness in society. The Black, Asian and...
by Nadjath Akanni | Jan 29, 2021 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
Ever heard of the expression “Barça wala Barsakh”? Only a handful of people will understand this, but as I dive into details most of you will get the point. The slogan basically translates to Barça (as in Barcelona) or Death meaning they will rather die or risk...
