A TRIBUTE TO PROF NGUGI WA THIONG’O
“Keepers of African memory must do for their languages what all others in history have done for theirs“, Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, at the 2003 Steve Biko Annual Memorial Lecture in Cape Town, South Africa. Of the many encounters I’ve had with Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, personally and through reading his transformative books, his Steve […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK MEDIA OWNERSHIP TODAY
On Wednesday, we woke up to the news of a change in ownership of a 128-year-old newspaper in neighbouring Eswatini, but what caught my attention was not just the change itself—it was the reaction to it. The sale of such a historic publication should have been a moment of reflection on the progress made in […]