Unless We Unite
Unless we unite, Starvation and stagnation- Shall we pay for a price. Posterity and destitution, Shall we compromise If carelessly, we sit- And do not rise,
Editorial: What if?
This past week whilst I was editing articles from our contributors I was taken aback by a question posed by Mugabe Ratshikuni who has written a very thought provoking article called The Application of the Concept of Grace in the Conduct of International Relations. He ends his article with a simple question. What if? Since [...]
Musician Sésu, with a song titled Onidodo
Sésu, (Brigitte Sésu Tilley-Gyado) is a British-Nigerian Musician and Writer. She studied Spanish and Portuguese Literature at Cambridge University. Sésu’ s soothing poetic musical style draws from the influence of folk, jazz, soul, world, pop and classical music.
African Child
Oh God! This is all because of you… Oh God! Please brighten my view… Oh God! Please help me through… Oh God! I love you too…
Ancestral Cry
Unless we refine our energies Construct our art To make them fly without wings As wavering oceans Illiteracy will drain pride And motivate poverty to ride
The Application of the Concept of Grace in the Conduct of International Relations
Watching the recent escalation of tensions between South Sudan and Sudan and also in a different context between the USA and Iran, with both situations threatening to explode into full scale war, got me thinking about the world of International Diplomacy and the need for new theories to inform its practice, if we are going [...]
*Operation 111/chicken robbery* Episode Two
Papa Atta had his double barrel gun in his right hand and a flash light in the other hand. He had no shirt on and was barefooted, yet he looked all ready and set for a treasure hunt. He threw the beam of his light across the compound slowly. Satisfied that there was nobody on [...]
The Systematic “Whorification” Of The Young African Woman
8.00pm. January.2012. Lagos. Nigeria. I decide to get down from the car and walk to the gate of the pizza restaurant. I am brusquely detained by the exterior gate by security guards. “Stop there. What are you looking for here?” the short guard sneered, contorting his face and scrutinising me up and down. “Is [...]
A Name or an Insult?
Yes I have travelled through the roads of amaXhosa lands. I have watched and admired the green rolling hills of the former Transkei region. Now that I mention the name Transkei, it is a name that has been erased on paper however it is the way we still speak of it. It is the way [...]
