This past weekend, I joined a friend who is a photographer for a photo walk (a term which basically means ‘snapping pictures while walking on the street’ – It’s a thing amongst documentary photographers, I suppose). The aim was to capture candid images of everyday people, often in their element, but as simple as it seemed, it was daunting (yet, exciting). I can tell you for a fact, the resting face of almost everyone we encountered wasn’t a pleasant or inviting one. We could tell that they had been pummelled by manmade and natural forces. Perhaps, if we had asked,…
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Nicola Carroll, University of Huddersfield Given that one in four children now grow up in one-parent homes and that 42% of marriages end in divorce you might expect prejudice against single parents to be a thing of the past. Yet a 2014 poll found that 75% of single parents had experienced stigma. Indeed, Boris Johnson has recently been confronted about a column he wrote for The Spectator in 1995 which described the children of single mothers as “ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate”. When pressed on the comments by callers on LBC radio, Johnson said this was written before he was…
Danai Mupotsa, University of the Witwatersrand I remember the first time that I wrote a love letter. I was nine years old and it said something along these lines: Dear Parham, I like you very much because you are clever. Sadly, our affections were not mutually shared. Parham reported me to his father, who worked at the same company as mine. Instead of a reply, I got a sit-down with my dad who explained that I should probably spend my time paying closer attention to my schoolwork. Despite this disappointment, I continue to carry an attachment to the love letter.…
Somewhat like engineering, the tech space used to be a great example to buttress the argument of gender inequality caused by warped societal beliefs – like the “being a nurse is a woman’s job while being a doctor is a man’s job” ideology. Fast forward to a more progressive time, like now, and there are more women in the tech space than rustic minds would have imagined. (And, of course, there’s still room for more women.) Cue in our Woman Crush Wednesday and country director at Google Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor. Being at the helm of affairs of such magnitude is…
My beloved daughter, You must be familiar with the adage – “Slow and steady wins the race.” When you set your mind to accomplish anything in life, you need to keep this adage in mind. Everything one sets out to achieve in life requires patience, resilience and the understanding that most worthwhile accomplishments do not happen overnight. Nature teaches us that nothing in the process of life and living is instant coffee. In nature when you sow a seed, you need to tend to it before you can reap from what you sowed. But since we now live in a…
Earlier this year, there was a ton of speculation regarding the marriage of Nollywood actors, Gbenro Ajibade and Osas Ighodalo after he called out Osas of Instagram for being a negligent mother. According to him, rather than caring for their child, she spent nights partying and hanging out with friends. Although Osas graciously publicly ignored the accusation, it pointed at trouble in paradise. This speculation was right. Recently, during an interview with Rubbin Minds on Channels Television, he revealed that they are currently divorced and are co-parenting their only child. When asked if he and Osas were still married, Gbenro said,…
Peter O’Connor, Queensland University of Technology and Peter Karl Jonason, Western Sydney University In a newly published study, we found that employees who “cut corners” tend to be morally compromised, low in conscientiousness, self-focused and impulsive. This in addition to the potential for corner-cutting to increase risks. Surveying more than 1,000 Australians and Americans, we found approximately one in four employees regularly cut corners. Men are slightly more likely to cut corners than women. Cutting corners at work Cutting corners is a workplace behaviour characterised by skipping or avoiding steps important to a task, in order to complete the task…
Doseline Kiguru, Rhodes University Literary prizes do more than offer recognition and cash to writers and help readers decide what book to choose. They shape the literary canon, a country’s body of highly regarded writing. They help shape what the future classics might be. But what if Africa’s biggest prizes are awarded by foreign territories; former colonial masters? Or what if African-born writers in the diaspora are routinely chosen as winners over writers living and working in Africa? Debates have been raging over these issues in recent years, especially relating to the lucrative Caine Prize for African Writing. The words…
Hilton Humphries, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) Communities have long played a critical role in the fight against HIV. Their activism and advocacy have greatly influenced the response to HIV/AIDS over the past four decades. From the early 1980s, communities have fought for the rights and needs of those most affected. For example, faced with stigma and discrimination, gay communities in the US provided prevention advice, care and support. They also fought for treatment development and access. By the mid-1980s the extent of the pandemic elsewhere in the world was becoming apparent. International, regional…
Enjoy your childhood while it lasts. It ends – childhood. The adults remind you of it. Remind you, that things won’t be so easy as you add in years. But why? Is it impossible to dream forever? Is it impossible not to worry about tomorrow, Or the things, words and thoughts of the world? To play, yet able to sit still even with a restless and fidgeting mind. It is not impossible. I enjoy my childhood – my spirit is a child. Forever. Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe – From her book of poems – A Little Understanding: Poems from the End…