My best friend is my psychiatrist
I’ll leave
the pain for tomorrow. Won’t even think about it until tomorrow. That is, if
tomorrow ever comes. So, I walk in the present, barefoot,...
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...