Who Mourns the Last Ones?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the last of your species? To wander ceaselessly across land, water, sky in search of another like you...
South Sudan: A Country in Perpetual Turmoil
Salva Kiir Mayardit took oath as the first president of the Republic that day in 2011, the new nation not only gratefully savored its first moments of independence from...
Africa on Celluloid: A Historical Perspective
From early experiments in making films which mimetically represented European and even American cinema, African directors evolved – as time wore on – into sensitive filmmakers telling local stories...
Travelling the World in NYC: Conversations with Cab Drivers and Other Multi-Cultural Excursions
The interplay of different cultures – read multiculturalism – opens the horizons to a person, who is compassionate and deeply observant. As a Dance/Movement Therapist, nonverbal communication is the...
tea, salt, and teranga
Not all salt harvesters are held in equal esteem. As in many economically-challenged zones across the world, outside Dakar, in the shallow basin of Senegal’s Lac Rose, salt workers...
Grace of Black Panther: Spirit, Self and the Shaman in the Mother Continent
It is a source of boundless energy and power that an animal totem like the panther represents. Shamans of the world intuit that secret. Let us journey into the...
The Path through the Forest to Our Soul
There is a forest inside each of us. Just as we are a part of the forest, it is a part of us. The world soul, Anima Mundi, is,...
Greece Finally Ends its Bailout Phase: Many Questions Remain about Future of Economy
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proclaimed in an overly extended image that Greece had ended its painful Odyssey of eight years of crisis, against the backdrop of the harbour...
Eliminating Caste System, Communal Fascism, Patriarchy, and Neo-Liberalism: Does Neo-Dalit Movement Provide an Answer?
Hindu caste system divides the society into social classes or castes. This graded inequality has the sanction of classical Indian religious scriptures. The caste hierarchy dictates the lives of...
Phil: Nigeria is Alive to the Demands of an Emerging and Demanding Job Market
In an extensive interview with Swati, Phil Diana Maduagwu addresses many queries about Nigeria as a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market. A Different Truths exclusive. Phil holds a Master’s Degree in International Human...