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Forced Removals shatter South African Communities – Part I
I often wonder what people must think when they view South Africa from the outside looking in. We all have preconceived ideas about how beautiful or wonderful countries other than our own are; or how...
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Forced Removals shatter South African Communities – Part II
This elderly couple sit amongst the ruins of their community. Their home demolished; they have no choice but to spend the night in the open - Photo courtesy of CLAW It seems to have become widespread...
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Spicy Moroccan Style Chickpea and Couscous
I love eating good food (who doesn’t?!). I love spicy food too and although I believe I may be secretly addicted to chillies, this particular recipe has none. As much time as I seem to spend in the...
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Marikana: a lanced boil on the face of Democracy or evidence of deeper...
The Marikana Massacre, as it has been called by the press, has been at the forefront of news topics in South Africa and the world for some weeks. If you don’t know about this, in brief: the death of...
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Politics or cocktails? You decide…
While trying to find a subject for this blog I considered writing about South African President Jacob Zuma‘s use of tax payers money to upgrade his private homestead at a cost in the region of ZAR214...
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Christmas Sweet Mince Pies, African style
Cutting it fine seems to be the motto of the month for me. I love Christmas, it is my favourite holiday of all, in fact I love December. It is strange in some ways because I am not even a Christian, I...
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Rape is NOT tradition and marriage is NOT slavery
Over the last few months there seems to be a surplus of news headlines reporting rape and abuse of women and children, mostly girls. A colleague here at Africa on the Blog wrote a very thought...
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Africa: Motherland
For those living beyond the borders of Africa I imagine it often seems a mysterious place, even dangerous or adventurous. Africa can be mysterious, perhaps even to those of us who have lived here our...
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American in Africa or African in America: to be or not to be…
Many years ago when I started studying towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts I was introduced to something that had been, in my opinion, bypassed and neglected by my basic education. In fact it...
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What is Yoruba?
After my last article I thought perhaps it might be nice to share something of African culture or art. Since I mentioned the Yoruba it is probably a good a place to start. Let me say quickly that I am...
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