Amandhla Awethu: And So The Golden Age Of The African Renaissance Begins
What history has shown is that sometimes a leader, a world leader, or sitting president makes bad choices, he says something, or does something...
Condemned, not Cured: The plight of Institutionalized Honor
“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.” - Simone de Beauvoir...
Scientific Concerns Regarding Climate Change
“A nation that destroy its soils, destroy itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our...
Makhanda: Some Thoughts On a Journey into Poetry, Philosophy, and Memory
A memory comes to mind from years ago. I am sitting at a desk in a very cold room on a farm. I was...
A Poet Speaks: Of Myth, Memory, Mentee and Mentor
Dawn breaks. Night falls.
What is the correct path, and who is to say what that is exactly? To be good, to do good, to...
From Floors to Futures: The Untold Revival of a Karachi Slum School
Pakistan’s education emergency hides in plain sight. Over 22.8 million children languish outside classrooms—the world’s second-highest out-of-school population. In slums like Karachi’s Chanesar Goth,...
Troubadour, I sing from across the Apocalypse: Nthikeng Mohlele’s novel, Breasts, etc.
Nthikeng Mohlele’s most recent novel, Breasts, etc. (2023), is written in the genre of Apocalypse. The free-thinking focalizer and narrator, James Baldwin (Motsamai), a...
Indonesia’s Democratic Future Starts in Its Schools
With a poor child in Papua completing roughly six years of school and a Jakarta child completing eleven, Indonesia is not simply unequal —...
High Costs for Big Dreams: Financing Challenges in Addressing the Climate Crisis for Indonesia
Indonesia has declared ambitious commitments in tackling the climate crisis. To achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to carbon neutrality by...
Dreams on Hold: The Fight for Education in Papua’s Susweni Village
In a small village called Susweni, the cheerful voices of children can be heard every afternoon as they run through gardens and fields. Yet,...