By Peter Kidi in Kakuma
There is a tension between humanitarian narratives and lived realities. In policy documents and donor reports, phrases like “changing lives”,...
By Peter Kidi in Kakuma
The policy logic of “one representative per household” is a rule common in humanitarian programming. On paper, it ensures fairness...
By Peter Kidi in Kakuma
This piece responds to the language of procedures, targeting, and “expressed interest” that increasingly shapes humanitarian programming. In the documentation...
Revolutionary rap
By Paul Onanuga
Nigerian rapper, actor and social media star Falz released his sixth studio album, The Feast, in 2025. It’s often argued that...
By Kylie Thomas
Ernest Cole is famous for photographing the everyday realities of South Africa’s racist apartheid system. His 1967 book House of Bondage ensured...
An orbituary
By Gwen Ansell
Pops Mohamed is dead: He was committed to a South African musical identity,
Ismail Mohamed-Jan – better known by South African jazz...
A ragged horizon, chunks of rubble protruding from the ground like rotten teeth, and refugees resembling walking skeletons. This is how Sudanese artist Adlan...
