Grappling With Racism
Bollywood’s highest grossing movie of 2016 has two scenes of racist dialogue in and no one…
Peacekeeper as Predator
UN peacekeepers are notorious for sexually assaulting the vulnerable people they are meant to protect. Why…
Out of Africa
The souring of the South African dream has sparked xenophobic attacks against refugees and economic migrants…
Boko Haram and the little girl whose name we will never know
Azad Essa comments on the escalating violence in Nigeria in the light of the recent massacre…
Ebola and the wilful tragedy of inaction
The WHO’s most optimistic predictions see the end of the current Ebola outbreak not before the…
The Folly Of History And The Twisted Irony Of A Single Tweet
As the world assuages its discomfort through virtually expressed outrage… Azad Essa contextualises the long and…
NO COUNTRY FOR THE POOR (An extract)
For millions of South Africans, Nelson Mandela’s passing signalled the end of an era. Returning home…
Rwanda: A Time To Remember
Twenty years after the Rwandan genocide, the world – which largely ignored the carnage at the…
Piece Keeping
Made a ‘nation’ from disparate pieces thrown together and kept together – barely – by the…
Africa:The End of Gays
The colonial powers, with their need for ‘order’ and their Christian notions of sin, codified a…