Mandela Can Leave Us In Peace, His Work Is done
The notion that SA will dissolve into race riots at the news of Nelson Mandela’s death is so unlikely as to be ridiculous, writes Verashni Pillay. Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist, was the...
View ArticleMandela, From Frame To Heart
Nelson Mandela smiled at me everyday when I walked by him. Softly curled lips and softly curled hair, his face beckoned me and I came to him. I’d plop myself before him sometimes. On hazy afternoons,...
View ArticleMultinational Corporations: The New Colonisers in Africa
Before the end of the first colonialism African nations were properties of their colonial masters who did what they could to rape the continent of whatever resource they deem good for the development...
View ArticleLong Walk to Freedom Returns Winnie Mandela to Her Rightful Place
Amid the millions of warm words paid in tribute to Nelson Mandela after his death last month, notably absent was praise for his former wife, Winnie. Her role was at best portrayed as an appendage to...
View ArticleAfricans Need to Stop Listening to the Colonial Voices in their Heads
Art by Alexsandra Karpowicz In Africa’s parliaments, presidential palaces and boardrooms, Africans continue to obey the commands of other peoples, nations and continents telling them what to do....
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