Black Looks

• Poem for Zoliswa

  Posted: December 19, 2011, 4:19 pm by Sokari

  On December 19th, those guilty of Zoliswa’s murder will be sentenced. This is a poem for Zoliswa by Elsbeth Engelbrecht © Dear Zoliswa; The undecided meaning of your life were impenetrable on the day your mother turned into a melting grief After so many years Her heart must have been surprised by an uninvited confirmation [...]

• For lovers who dance – Cesaria Evora: RIP

  Posted: December 18, 2011, 2:14 pm by Sokari

  A voice which spoke to us all – women, lovers, activists. Sensual and evocative, Cesaria you and your beauty are eternal. Thank you for giving meaning to romance, to dance.

• Rising from despondency to hope: The tale of a healer

  Posted: December 17, 2011, 12:33 pm by Rumbidzai Dube

  “Violence against women causes trauma. It takes away women’s ability to make progress in their lives. It destroys families, breaks up marriages and increases the spread of HIV/AIDS.” Listening to her striking words, I felt the conviction that drives her vision in life; to assist victims of organised violence and torture (OVT) to find healing [...]

• Nollywood: Nkiru

  Posted: December 16, 2011, 6:10 pm by Sokari

  I have habitually shied away from Nollywood except when forced by by my niece who is an obsessive Nollier and must have the largest collection ever. Now I have an assignment to watch Nollywood movies. This is the first of many! Nkiru, is 12 minute supernatural thriller premiering on the 18th December. Here’s the blurb [...]

• Will the real Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill stand up

  Posted: December 12, 2011, 10:05 pm by Sokari

  Since the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill 2011 [SSMB] by the Nigerian Senate hundreds of online and twitter comments have been made supporting the Bill. By far the majority of these comments have defended the Bill on the basis that it only concerns marriage between two people identifying as the same sex; [...]

• Thierry Henry and nostalgic memories

  Posted: December 10, 2011, 5:38 pm by Sokari

  I brought myself to tears this morning [I cry a lot these days, more than before] seeing the statue of Thierry Henry at the Emirates alongside Tony Adams. Henry was brought to tears by the honour and the memories of the Highbury days. My memories of the bi-weekly trips to the family enclosure with my [...]

• “God is a game” a load of money, miracles and hate!

  Posted: December 9, 2011, 5:18 pm by Sokari

  Nigeria is now trending as ” a very religious country” and Nigerians as “a very religious people”. Well if one meausres religious by the numbers who attend churches and mosques then it must be true! The business of church and religion is probably the most competitive business in the country so competition for new bodies [...]

• Beyond COP17 – language and grassroots realities

  Posted: December 7, 2011, 5:16 pm by Sokari

  A clip from a roundtable discussion on the South African media’s reporting on Climate Change which has failed to amplify the voices of those most affected.

• Heteropatriarcial recolonisation

  Posted: December 5, 2011, 8:15 pm by Sokari

  On hearing the news of the passing of the Nigerian “Same Sex Marriage Bill 2011, my reaction was, I was too numb to even have a reaction at the miserable state of my country. Did I really expect anything different? Chude Jideonwo “Why the Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Bill Sickens Me alludes to the real purpose of [...]

• Nothing

  Posted: December 3, 2011, 5:16 pm by Mia Nikasimo

  Nothing happens for nothing happens for nothing happens Nothing happens for nothing happens for nothing happens The call came. My phone registered the dread again & again The dread again and nothing happens for nothing happens. My heart lodged in my searching. What to say now, what? ” You called me a murderer, you called [...]

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