Society & Culture

The African Renaissance- poets

The Dutch poet Joop Bersee, has been gifted confidante to me, selfless mentor, and I’ve have come to the beliefs, the norms, the value of the...

What Emily Dickinson can teach us

The sun is a laughing, talking, walking miracle today. If it shines, it shines only for me and Lavinia. What perfection, because it shines with an...

Amherst

How am I supposed to live without father? He is passed. Gone into the hereafter. He is never to return. While, yes, I am still very...

Africa: The next chapter begins

How does a continent decline? Corruption. Misappropriation of funds. Leadership, where leadership, the leaders of South Africa, or the leaders of a particular individual African country,...

Is the world living up to its climate commitments?

As the United Nations gears up for the September Climate Action Summit in New York, one of its most high-profile climate conferences in recent times,...

Towards a sustainable Blue economy: A Plan to restore the health of our oceans

Samba Lahy recalls the time when, as a young man, he used to go fishing with his parents off the coast of Tampolove, one of...

Women outnumber men in higher education but gender stereotyped subject choices persist

Education is essential to achieving gender equality. From the earliest schooling to the highest levels of post-graduate study, education influences the opportunities that can shape people’s...

Hurricanes, Melting Ice Sheets, Rising Sea Levels and A 16-Year Old’s Courage

When the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward VIII, was made governor of the Bahamas in 1940, he and his wife Wallis Simpson arrived to peaceful...

The captive spirit: Bipolar creativity and genius

We are seduced by people, individuals’ who achieve extraordinarily. I never thought I would be living the life that I am living now. I am literally...

BRIDGE for Cities 4.0: Connecting Cities through the New Industrial Revolution

Organized jointly by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Finance Center for South-South Cooperation (FCSSC), “BRIDGE for Cities 4.0 – Connecting Cities through the...

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