Covid 19: South African entry wins WHO Innovation Award
A modicum of balance must be brought to the sense of helplessness and nihilism becoming entrenched in society
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Tag: Issue 119
Covid 19 victims are disproportionately black and brown
‘Race’ and class are big inequalities worldwide, which Covid 19 is exposing
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Covid 19: Understanding the Politics of Disease and the Disease of Politics
The key is mobilisation even under the shadow of the pandemic
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The plight of the Basotho under lockdown in South Africa
…better to die at home than in other people’s country where their families will not even get to see their bodies…
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Virus: all that is solid melts into air
Pandemic in context of permanent crisis of neo-liberal capitalism
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Network gives voice to communities resisting exploitation by mining companies
Tunatazama – We are watching
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Historian Masilela dies in Thailand
He built a powerful intellectual family tree
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Permeability
Derek Carelse An expression of the artist’s view that the Covid 19 pandemic is both the...
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The Nigerian press, the public sphere and sustainable development: Engaging the post amnesty deal in the Niger Delta
Poet who made black “cool” in Britain wins 2020 Pen Pinter Prize
The coalescence of effective media and the public sphere is a synergy that brings about democracy, sustainable development and good governance. Irrespective of its shortcomings, the Nigerian media has been described as a bastion of people’s agitation, which impacts on the public sphere, a realm where private individuals meet to address societal questions with the state. This is the case with the Nigerian press, whose duties and ideals have been called to action in the wake of the amnesty deal in the Niger delta.
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Linton Kwesi Johnson gave poetry back to the people
Poet who made black “cool” in Britain wins 2020 Pen Pinter Prize
The dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, this year’s recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize, is the third consecutive black winner of the gong instituted in memory of Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter. Johnson, popularly known as LKJ, follows in the wake of British poet Lemn Sissay (2019) and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2018).
It is no exaggeration that LKJ, who went to Britain from Jamaica at the age of 11 to follow his mother, part of the Windrush generation, did more than most to make black “cool” in Britain and beyond. In his music and poetry, he not only threw orthographical conventions by the wayside
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The world is dancing to South Africa’s Jerusalema
Master KG’s hit a feel-good song for all!
A South African song combined with a dance that began in Angola, has captured the imagination of people throughout the world. Amidst the Covid 19 pandemic, Jerusalema has had 50 million views on You Tube and has got groups of people dancing in many parts of the world.
South African born and bred artist, Master KG has both young and old individuals, all over the world dancing to his latest single called Jerusalema.
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Cyclone in Indian village stirs memories on tip of Africa
Reflections of a Habshi Yemeni Kokni Batavian African
Borli was not the only place that felt the destructive wrath of the mighty Nisarga. The Cyclone set off from the heart of the Arabian Sea before unleashing its ferocity along the west coast of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Nisarga meted out harsh treatment to some of Borli’s neighbouring villages such as Morba, Saigoan, Shrivardhan and Sarwa, from where many Cape Town families originate.
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