Tag: africa
Lost in Approximation
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Have you ever tried to describe an ethnic expression in English but found English words inadequate? Frustrated, you attempt ... Read More
Truly Wrong Love
Photo by Nadine E on Unsplash She arrived on my doorstep looking like she had been run over by a truck: clothes twisted and torn, ... Read More
Americans Charged with Abduction in Haiti
Abduction (Photo by Sander Sammy on Unsplash) Ten U.S. citizens accused of kidnapping have been arraigned in Haiti. The Americans are members of the nonprofit ... Read More
Gloves On: Mending the Illusions
Image: Unsplash In the last quarter of the year 2015, an article in a leading development sector e-publication declared that the gloves are finally off ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi of Ile-Ife (Nigeria)
Queen Moremi sacrifices her son Oluorogbo to the river The legend of Moremi has been passed down from generation to generation by oral tradition. The ... Read More
Mother Afre Kh Takes Nuclear Physicists To School
A nuclear explosion (Image by WikiImages from Pixabay) “Two billion years ago, parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission,” say Nuclear Scientists ... Read More
Word Warrior
WHAT STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAS TAUGHT US Ksenia Chrnaya, Unsplash. We know who the killers are,We have watched them strut before usAs proud as sick Mussolinis',We ... Read More