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Healthy minds and healthy bodies
(4 minute read) Ronnie Convery examines the practical steps we can take to keep our lives in balance, not neglecting mind or matter, as we enter a new version of “normal” after lockdown in many parts of the world.
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The party’s over, and why this might be just what Nigeria needs
(7 minute read) Joshua Nwachukwu investigates the extraordinary cult of celebration in African society, and suggests the pandemic may have forced much-needed change.
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Not just skin-deep: racism’s lasting wounds
(9 minute read) Joseph Evans finds himself reflecting deeply on the reality of racism during a panel discussion, and discovers new horizons of pain he had never before considered.
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Is a new form of journalism possible in the internet age?
(6 minute read) Thanks to the internet anyone can be a journalist. But has this really contributed to truth and social cohesion? Ronnie Convery learns from a master communicator that there is a better way forward.
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Life is not that deep: the art of taking offences without taking offence
(7 minute read) Nana Boatemaa offers a nine step guide to finding inner peace even when wounded by others.
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The underbelly of undernutrition: notes from the field
(6 minute read) Prakarsh Singh describes his fieldwork in an urban slum for his research into malnutrition in his native India and reports an alarming lack of progress in the battle against hunger and disease.
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Nigeria’s lights and shadows: finding hope in a sea of fanaticism and secularism
(6 minute read) Joshua Nwachukwu looks at the challenges overlooked by western commentators in the ongoing battle for the soul of Africa.
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#GiveWork, not aid, to the poor: the remarkable legacy of Leila Janah (1982-2020)
(The slow read) Tulika Bahadur describes the brief but extraordinary life of a woman who insisted that the poor should be empowered, not given donations.
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Immoral Pursuits: the authoritarian manipulation of religious and spiritual values
(8 minute read) History offers all too many examples of authoritarian rulers using religion for their own oppressive ends, argue Tiare Gatti Mora, Laura Magro and Hajra Rehman. It’s time to make a change.
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No going back: confronting the past in Gone with the Wind
(8 minute read) Should Margaret Mitchell’s ‘racist’ novel be ‘toppled’ along with statues? Alex Osborn proposes a more nuanced approach and considers how slavery can end up enslaving the enslavers.
