An Elegy for Kiswahili Sanifu Swahili is “among the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, with more than 200 million speakers,” UNESCO Africa Renewal, 9 December 2021 I. On the edges of the Congo,remnants of […]

The rats in Rahman’s ceiling have a certain music to them—a haunting melody that can’t be mistaken. In the morning, it’s a lilting la-dee-da; by night, a muffled dee-dum, dee-dum. Their shrieks swell and sink […]

When they got to a well-lit road, they hopped from one streetlight to the next, double-checking their bags’ contents, marvelling at the yield, budgeting on-the-go, their teeth a golden yellow in the shimmering light.

He is curled on the floor with his back facing the viewer. On the sheet-metal garage door before him, ‘no parking’ is written in caps. A few feet away from his head is a cage-like […]

The African experience of homelessness is a multi-faceted one: through the impact of capitalism, globalisation and xenophobia, there are multiple scenarios where one’s sense of belonging is constantly put in jeopardy. This phenomenon truly transcends […]