When solidarity becomes spectacle
Francesca Albanese’s visit to South Africa exposed a truth we prefer not to face: that our moral witness has hardened into ritual. We watch, we clap, we call it solidarity.
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Ali Ridha Khan
Ali Ridha Khan is an MA student in Political Studies and was a fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research. He writes, thinks about the politics of emotion, aesthetics, and happiness.
An undignified democracy
Three decades after apartheid, South Africans are still waiting for housing, land, and dignity — while elites ask for patience that serves only themselves.