Thomas Sankara ushered a new dawn for women in Burkina Faso
Women’s emancipation was a key element in Sankara’s vision and mission for Burkina Faso. As a Marxist/Leninist, he linked women’s oppression to the capitalist and…
Limiting screen time for kids
In continuation of the social dilemma, I wanted to go in depth about screen time and how it affects the young brain. In North America,…
The US flees Afghanistan
www.yaawdmedia.com www.yardabraawd.com On Monday afternoon, 16 August 2021, the United States of America (US) accelerated its efforts to pull out of Afghanistan,…
Prayer and character matter
I have been watching with intrigue as the troops, largely Americans, leave Afghanistan for the last time. The promise to withdraw the troops was a…
The social dilemma
How do big tech companies compete for our attention? Why do they go to great lengths to keep us addicted? And should we be concerned?…
Jamaica is playing Russian roulette with COVID-19
History is not policy. It is 20/20, but backward, vision. It is a useful guide to policy if, and only if, policymakers are prepared to…
Thomas Sankara was a special brand feminist
Thomas Sankara was a man of many facets. A soldier, a revolutionary, an ideologue and a nationalist. Unknown to some, Sankara was also a feminist,…
COVID-19 and corruption In Burkina Faso
The spread of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso necessitated the provision of special budgets for sensitization, testing, vaccine and costs of enforcing restrictive measure to curb…
Education: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic
As we set foot into the start of the second full school year of the COVID pandemic, it will be interesting to see what adjustments…
Haiti I am sorry
Haiti, born of slavery and revolution, has struggled with centuries of crippling debt, exploitation by foreign governments, corruption and violence. Now it has poverty, illiteracy,…