The singing of national anthems is an intrinsic part of international and professional sporting events…
Tag: violence
Anti-racism without race
Earlier this summer in Fermo, Italy, 36-year old Nigerian asylum seeker Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi was…
Peace deployed as a weapon in Angola
On April 16th, Angolan security forces, including a heavily armed rapid intervention police unit, raided…
Violent Legacies: How Gang Violence in El Salvador Grew (Helped by the U.S.)
This past March, the murder rate in El Salvador soared to levels not seen in…
Mozambique: How serious is Renamo’s pro-war rhetoric?
On October 4th, the peace accord between the opposition Renamo and the party in power,…
That TIME story that South Africa may outlaw spanking at home
On 30 July TIME Magazine reported that South Africa’s government, in cooperation with some notable children’s rights NGO’s, is drafting a bill that would outlaw spanking at home. If the bill passes, South African parents lose their freedom to corporally punish their children, just like teachers did seven years ago. The article quotes spokespeople from the pro- and anti-ban camps. That’s about all the author chose to cover in the 200-odd word article. But there is a whole lot more to say about ‘spanking’ in South African homes, though.
Egyptian Graffiti and Gender Politics: An Interview with Soraya Morayef
Mickey Mouse is pulling apart a bomb: inside is the torso of George W. Bush,…
The Western Journalist in Africa
In 1982, as the air force-led coup attempt in Kenya unfolded, we sat glued to…
TIME and the media’s culture of confirmation bias
Within hours of Adam Lanza shooting dead 20 Sandy Hook Elementary first-graders and seven adults,…
Why is South Africa such a violent society
The heinous, brutal rape and subsequent slaughtering of Anene Booysen in South Africa’s Western Cape…