Africa: where are your openly gay public figures?
Did Binyavanga Wainaina’s coming out in March 2014 inspire other prominent Africans to also come out of the closet?
Articles by
Brett Davidson
Brett Davidson is a media consultant and former radio journalist.
Homophobia from Kansas to Kampala
A few years ago, the documentary film Darwin’s Nightmare, told the chilling story of the social
Gay Shame
Dear Tanya Harford and Jenny Green, At 3am in my hotel room last night, jetlagged and
The trouble with South Africa
I’ve been puzzled and not a little disturbed by the lack of empathy on South African
Her Zimbabwe
A new Zimbabwean blog is starting to gain both readership and wider media attention. I put
Spring revolution or a summer of discontent?
I’m still mulling over the Openforum 2012 conference, which took place a few weeks ago in
New Media and Activism
A couple of weeks back I had the privilege of being able to bring together a
South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes’s Nineveh
Nineveh, published late last year, is the latest book by South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes. It’s
Intellectual Property Propaganda
In his recent State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama highlighted the need to reduce
Sending South African miners home to die
Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working to complete a documentary called “They Go to Die,” about the lives of
The health news that made the headlines
In November came the news that the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria was
Helen Zille's 'AIDS Gestapo'
Just as South Africa is recovering from the havoc wrought by former President Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS