African Cinema
Television, films and churches formed a large part of the origins of my writing when I was younger. My childhood was not as bleak...
Why Europe must back a technology-neutral energy policy
Some observers believe the Europe 2020 package, coupled with the economic showdown, is bringing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions under control. Bryony Worthington disagrees...
International trade and environment
To discuss International Trade and Environment is a paradoxical but complementary task. While environmental issues are constantly being passed over...
The Post-apartheid Dilemma
War and peace. There are blurred lines in the realities of both. A separation anxiety as the paradigm shifts from the air that a...
Apartheid and Xenophobia
“In the face of pain there are no heroes.” ― George Orwell, 1984 The future of democracy is uncertain after the recent xenophobic attacks...
The Price of Paris: Oppression and Intolerance in the Free World
The events in Paris this spring were unfortunately all too familiar in the 21st century. I think in some corners it is still perhaps...
Redefining Cultural Heritage: Street Art as Cultural Testimony
During the last decade, street art has emerged as the latest trend in the artistic world and has soon become a controversial issue of...
Genocide
It was the year of literature for me but you, Rwanda no longer have any kind of album. You who...
Adeline Virginia Woolf
Before she began her day’s work Virginia Woolf began to write painstakingly yet in a beautiful old-fashioned script in her diary. ‘Madness is not...
Diary of a Confessional Poet
Dizzying and introspective. My limbs soon became antiques with their own mood. There are frozen tigers behind the red brick walls...