THE FORGOTTEN PROPHET: MIRIAM MAKEBA AND A COUNTRY THAT FORGOT TO REMEMBER HER
A visit to to Westpark cemetery soon tells you that Miriam Makeba’s grave and tombstone are conspicuous by their absence at Heroes Acre in Johannesburg, where South African political and cultural legends and icons lie buried. Go to Heroes Acre, if it ever becomes a proper Heroes Acre! You will find the names. You will […]
Who is US Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson?
HAND-OVER: The late Rev Jesse Jackson seems to anoint his son Jonathan to carry on the family’s legacy of activism, civil rights and public life. The idiom “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” could well have been crafted for Jonathan L. Jackson, son of the legendary Civil Rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson. Perhaps, […]