When queer Nigerians fear for safety and the ultimate loss of lives, social media, and Twitter especially, has been a reliable tool to draw attention to the very real issues they are faced with
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Genesis and Plato’s Aristophanes in the Symposium
There are striking similarities between the two myths that both seek to explain aspects about humanity
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Appoint former offenders as prison wardens. Here’s why
International experience has shown former model offenders to be high-performing and effective if they are employed in prison
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E-prime makes speakers take responsibility
Being forced to use the active voice and cutting the verb “to be” from our speech can nudge us towards being more accountable — and clearer
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Gen Z: A joyful life in a damaged society
The moral dilemma of privilege has led to nihilism as well as unprecedented social justice action
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Youth Month: To reform or to abolish?
The paradox of Theseus’ ship could give some clues on institutional identity and food for thought for schools looking to ‘transform’
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From #RhodesMustFall to #LeopoldMustFall
Belgian protests a year ago have many parallels with South Africa’s decolonisation movement
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A portal to empathy: Photographs that change the world
It is important not to look away from visceral pictorial evidence of the suffering of disempowered people
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Youth Day: Meet your presidential hopefuls for 2031
Thought Leader and Activate! Change Drivers went on the campaign trail to find young people doing it for themselves
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Who has the right to memorialise Charlotte Maxeke?
To separate Maxeke from inconvenient narratives is to shortchange her story; participating wholly in the time-old tradition of making women scatter cushions in rooms where decisions are made
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Don’t ever be too certain of who you are
Binary and linear thinking impoverishes the complexity of life
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O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide