ICE “And paving stones like Jocko Graves, the slave of General Washington, who froze to death, enfolded in snow on the banks of the Delaware River. His lantern out in front of him, awaiting his […]

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 […]