Diwali Season in Trinidad and Tobago
It’s Diwali season again and I have already made my favorite sweets. For most of you who have never heard of it, Diwali is the…
Cameroon: A nation gradually moving toward chaos
Many people think that Cameroon is a West African country, probably because it shares a border with Nigeria, the African giant. Cameroon shares borders with…
The microscope: ”Anything black not good”- no jive
The pessimistic undertone relating to blackness, in my view, stems from a deliberate plan to ceremoniously dishonour the human spirit of the dark pigmented people…
Britain’s Black History Month celebrations
At a time when we continue to see reports of increasing levels of racism being directed towards Black footballers in England and coming a year…
The violent “microbes” in Côte d’Ivoire
It is very common to hear statements like “Ivorian Civil War” or “Ivorian Civil Wars”. They refer to the armed conflict that shook the West…
The microscope: This is no jive – science or sciences
I start our discourse this week with a funny story. When I was in my teens, at one of the family’s Christmas dinners, my uncle,…
Jamaica, the Caribbean and AOSIS at COP26
Jamaica, the Caribbean and other Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) members will arrive in Glasgow for the 31 October to 12 November 2021, 26th…
A deafening cry for leadership
Over the past two months, there have been some developments in Jamaica, the reporting of which should have shaken well-thinking members of our population to…
Language policy in Burkina Faso
Education and national languages in Burkina Faso As a former French colony, Burkina Faso has an education system that shares a lot of similarities with…
Vaccinate for the greater good: A Christian ethical perspective
Discussions of compulsory vaccination, for the greater or common good, are usually treated as a public policy, legislation, or in ethical terms, as utilitarian or…