Tweet Another South African Lesbian MurderThis morning (10/11/2012) I received a call from Ndumie Funda the founder and Director of Lulekisizwe a project that nurses, supports and feeds the lesbian bisexual and trans woman (LBT) in townships who are victims and survivors of “corrective rape”, whom I had just seen the day before and we [...]
My Zimbabwean Sheroes: Amy Tsanga
September 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tweet Radical, somewhat rebellious, robust-those were my first impressions of this woman when I first met her. Then I was a naïve-mousey thing, studying for my undergraduate degree in law. I observed how she had embraced her feminine self and African-ness yet she had also surpassed societal stereotypes of who an African woman is and [...]
The West, Aid & Development
July 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tweet A recent post on the Nigerian blog Nigerian Curiosity is a stark reminder of how Western imperialism continues to interfere in the governance of independent African states. The post reports that Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked the US to help in its fight to end corruption in the country by compiling a list of Nigerians to be [...]
Laws that criminalise same sex intimacy are making a mockery of our democracies.
May 31, 2010 By 11 Comments
Tweet Like many others around the world, I was elated when I heard that Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were to be released from their 14 year prison sentence following a pardon by Malawian President, wa Mutharika. According to most reports, the President was finally persuaded to pardon the couple after a “conversation” with UN [...]
Steven and Tiwonge PARDONED
May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tweet In a massive turn around the President of Malawi has pardoned Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20 and ordered their immediate release no doubt that he has submitted to pressure from within Africa and internationally. A real snub to the likes of Obasanjo and Bahati etc. Mr Mutharika, speaking as UN chief Ban [...]
Single story homophobia and gay imperialism revisted
May 28, 2010 By 4 Comments
Tweet Two excellent articles by Keguro Macharia [Gukira]. The First was published on Kenya Imagine and is a response to an article on homophobia in Africa by Madeline Bunting in which she attempts to explain “African Homophobia”.. Keguro’s criticism first points to her claim that the West should “rightly” be concerned and hugely angry about [...]
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