Kata Kata Village Fights Racism (part 3)
Kata Kata Village Fights Racism (Part 3)Hardly do we have racism enshrined in the constitution of various countries, but our governments put in place different racial biased institutions, which help to maintain racism and promote dominant ideology. To reduce racial …
Kata Kata Village Fights Racism (part 2)
Through constant interaction with State organs such as family, the churches, education, court, trade unions, political parties, media, and literature, human beings adopt specific behavioural patterns and (re)produce preferred meanings and ideologies such as racism. Let’s join hands and eliminate …
Albino: The Unfortunate European in Unfortunate Africa
Recently, the parents of a harmless two-year-old girl, Tiwonge Chisomo, in the Zomba district of Malawi have lived in perpetual fear after receiving threats from anonymous people. Last week, police in Tanzania rescued a six-year-old boy from aggressive attackers who …
Kata Kata Village Celebrates Women’s Day In a Unique Manner
The 8th of March is the official day for Women’s Day, set aside for the commemoration and recognition of the achievements of women and campaign for gender equality. A Male’s masculine and superior attitude towards women encourages the treatment of …
Finding the equilibrium as Tanzania bans babies from classrooms
In its attempt to encourage education amongst young girls and minimise teenage pregnancy, the government of Tanzania has decided to allow young girls to continue with their education after giving birth. However, that effort has encountered some hiccups because teenage …
Rewarding Honesty and Integrity: The best way to go in Africa
Last week, Liberia’s President George Weah honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider Emmanuel Tuloe, who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to the owner, a businesswoman. President Weah took an exceptional, exemplary and encouraging step by offering the honest lad reward …
Fighting Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Through the resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 June the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The aim is to create awareness of the danger of drug abuse and illicit trafficking …
Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb”: The Issues of Translation, Fragmentation and Identity
It came like a flashy thunderbolt, drizzling gently over my stunned and weakly mesmerised soul. Truly hypnotised in the bliss of perfect pleasure, you may say. Alas, it was somehow difficult to attribute the source of the impromptu intoxicating ecstasy …
South Sudan’s 10th Independence Anniversary: Actions speak louder than words
The latest pledge from South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir to end any form of war in his country would have been received globally with much enthusiasm and hope some years ago. Today, such a promise, which President Kiir made during …
ICC Principals adopt High-Level Statement on Gender Equality.
On 30 April 2021, Judge Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda and ICC Registrar, Peter Lewis adopted a High-Level Statement on Gender Equality at the ICC.“We firmly believe that in …