Somewhere in my mind lies a long list of things that seem improbable, or at least at some point seemed improbable. On that list is the idea that my world view would so firmly be guided by a sceptical attitude—eyes are peeled and everything is weighed and scrutinised. To be fair, the conditions of existing…
Extracting from the Afrocentrism of Fela Kuti (and more than a hundred creative writers, photographers and illustrators from Africa and its diaspora), Cameroonian journalist Ntone Edjabe’s sensational media platform, Chimurenga, aims to enrich, nuance and stretch the portrayal of the African continent so “who no know go know”. Meaning “revolutionary struggle” in Zimbabwe’s Shona language,…
For many years formal institutions and the educational methods associated with them have been framed as the key that unlocks grand opportunities for anyone who wants to be a self-sufficient adult. And with South Africa’s unemployment rate sitting at 27.7%, a certain level of formal education is a must. However the lesson that so often…
