In tattered clothes we come Journeying from soul’s sorrow-land With Harmattan torn lips and hearts With amputated feet and hands and dreams drained from porous minds We come… Journeying through times trivial trials And unscrupulous leaders betrayals Consumed by foe and fear As we live in denial of liberal liberation and fervent fair trial For [...]
Tag Archives: Change
Editorial: Africa’s Stories Told through African Eyes
Feint & Margin is a weekly, online, Pan-African publication featuring writings and thoughts from Ordinary Africans who have Extraordinary minds. We represent the True Voice of the African Citizen. F&M believes that our African story deserves to be told by Africans. Our tag line ‘Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Minds’ has been cemented by our new contributors [...]
The Prerequisite for Change
Many people were offended by my article titled Black People Are Inferior which I wrote for FEINTANDMARGIN last week. As expected I was called all sorts of names and accused of having an inferiority complex for daring to write what I think and to present a question which we definitely need to address if we [...]
Changing Education Paradigms in Africa
Last week I wrote an article titled “Freedom of Speech. Just Watch What you Say”. In the article, I challenged media and society to debate the issues, which Gareth Cliff raised in his letter and refrain from concentrating on the unconstructive aspects of his letter. Cliff touched on many issues I believe affect South Africa and [...]
Thinkers, Dreamers and Doers
Brooks Atkinson an American theatre critic who worked for the New York Times described the reasons for America’s greatness. He stated, “This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who [...]
