When Beydan was her Father’s daughter there was a slice of time that allowed for roaming. These roaming activities included a spell in secondary school. For her two older brothers education was a birthright. For Beydan education was a gift that came wrapped in bespoke paper, and she pursued her studies with the single-mindedness of a monk seeking the Divine. She inhaled Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood, Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, Nawal El Saadawi’s Memoirs of a Woman Doctor.
Tweet Souzen Joseph is an independent journalist, a musician, community activist and vodou practitioner. In addition to her job at TNH [Haitian National TV], Souzen is the host of a weekly radio show covering all aspects of health and self-care produced…
Tweet Eartha Kitt’s life was scarred by failure to learn the identity of her white father, says daughter | Music | The Observer In 2008 Kitt died on Christmas Day at her US home after being diagnosed with colon cancer….
Tweet One of the very first African Novels I enjoyed reading and actually took the time to walk into a bookshop and purchase was Nervous Conditions. Considering it was the first novel published in English by a black Zimbabwean woman,…
Tweet Some excerpts from Black History month in unGrand Britannia : Many people are aware of the Black Panther movement in the US but how many know of the British Black Panthers which had a brief 10 year life in…
Tweet A new exciting journal celebrating our lives as lesbian, bisexual women and trans-diverse people across Africa and the Diaspora Standpoint: A Journal of the Coalition of African Lesbians – Invites contributions to a brand new Journal The Coalition of…
Tweet Koroga IV: ‘Renewed Hearts’ Nduta Waweru/Sylvia Gichia | DMKW tags: Broken_Hearts Poetry Kenya Sex Work, Migration and Anti-Trafficking: Interviews with Nandita Sharma and Jessica Yee | INCITE! Blog We are excited to share this interview of Nandita Sharma and Jessica…
Tweet Class of 2013-14: ten producers to watch over the next year – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. Lord Tusk is my son and I would like you to listen & support his music. The first signing to Jon…
Tweet Garlands What response befits a company of douche-bags? This is not about us. No, it so isn’t about us. The uninvited attention from wayward wands. Fighting voices fly upwards from the street nags Below. What makes everyone think they…
In the case of Workman, the idea of photo journalism as non-interventionist is serialised across the global south under a guise of non-partisanship, shooting people in distress and ‘enmeshed in political or social change’ and for his own material gain as well as satisfying ‘emotional needs’ and white privilege. It’s certainly not driven by notions of solidarity and struggle for justice but rather flowing from sentimentality and who knows what other emotions are carried behind the choice to avoid the words ‘slavery’ and describe structures of violence as ‘troubles’!
Tweet Tey, [Today] a film directed by Alain Gomis which opens in NYC on Oct 6 at Mist Harlem, won the Golden Stallion Prize for the best film at the 2013 FESPACO in Burkina Faso. The film has now been…
Tweet The Black Jacobins, Education and Redemption by Russell Maroon Shoatz | Moorbey’z Blog The ruling elites of societies use prisons both to punish those they label as law-breakers and at the same time to terrorize those “free” members of…
Last week I visited the elderly home at Azil Communal to deliver some personal care and medical supplies a friend had brought over from the US. I wasn’t sure what to expect but was impressed with the cleanliness and general organization of the home. There are 86 residents- 45 women ranging from mid 60s to the oldest who is over 100. Although the residents and patients are well cared for the funding for the home provided by the local government is grossly lacking and it is only due to the dedication of the unpaid staff and volunteers like Rea Dol, Marie Anise Flaurantin and Dr Brown. Dr Brown agreed
Tweet On Sunday morning I scrolled my Twitter timeline for comments from Kenyans such as Keguro Macharia, Shailja Patel and Kenne Mwika, like many trying to understand, to once again process mass death. That weekend the killing spree crossed 4…
Tweet The Madwoman with a Laptop On this Labor Day weekend, I challenge those who are going or have already gone back to school this year to look around and notice what’s happening with assistant professors on your campus. Do…
Tweet From Inkanyiso The virus has become a silent relative by Kopano Sibeko “It’s amazing how the death of someone can also be a blessing” shares Thembela ‘Terra’ Dick. She walks me on a tale of how her sister, Thembi…
Tweet During his campaign for presidency of Haiti, Michel Martelly made education was of his priorities. Once elected he quickly established the “Program for Universal Free and Obligatory Education (Programme de scolarisation universelle gratuite et obligatoire – PSUGO)” PSUGO was…
Tweet that wise place is in you, warrior o, where the prophet talks, and visions are cautiously told. where men are fine as goodness itself and women are strong as baobab. you, one-woman army, carry the heavy when wata done…
Tweet Publisher’s Note: FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation. These characters – young, gay and lesbian Somalis – must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the immigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom….
Tweet From Guernica – The Pivot to Africa. The US [AFRICOM] claims it has a limited military presence in Africa with just one military base in Djibouti however when each small ‘footprints’ is counted, we see the whole is alarmingly…
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