GenderOpinionPeoplePoliticsWomen·August 25, 2011Next Time You’re Raped, Have A Shower, Put Your Feet Up and Have a Cuppa! Especially, If You Have a Chequered Past…“I learned implicitly that a woman’s word is not enough that we, the women harmed by rape, serve merely as...
AfricaBook ReviewsJournalismPeoplePoliticsWomen·April 12, 2011Migritude by Shailja Patel (Book review)It is not everyday you get a writer whose heritage spans three continents but that is what you have with...
OpinionPeoplePolitics·March 29, 2011Has Cornel West Got A Case?We cannot deny Cornel West divides opinion across the board. Some love him, some loathe him and others just don’t...
AfricaNewsOpinionPoliticsWorld News·March 24, 2011Paul Kagame On Libya and Ivory CoastWe have seen the likes of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, criticise The UN...
AfricaPolitics·February 23, 2011Libya: Like Father Like SonLibya is on fire and the national state television was showing an opera of Muammar Gaddafi’s life. As unbelievable as...
AfricaPolitics·February 22, 2011Libya: In The Best Interest of The PeopleMuammar Gaddafi has resulted to drastic actions against his own people. Surely, this makes you question his leadership, which over...
AfricaPeoplePolitics·February 16, 2011Nawal el-Saadawi On The Role of Women In Egypt’s RevolutionI have a lot of respect for Nawal el-Saadawi, though I don’t agree with everything she says. I once listened...
AfricaPeoplePolitics·February 7, 2011Helen Zille: You Either Love Her Or You Don’t!I have always found Helen Zille to be an interesting person not for the mere fact that she is a...