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“The Silent Category”

By Peter Kidi in Kakuma ‎The bureaucratic logic of aid categorisation divides refugees into groups – Category 1, 2, 3 – which determines levels of...

Music and language as defiance

By Beatriz Carbajal-Carrera Bad Bunny is on a roll. Among the three wins at the 68th Grammy Awards, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I should have...

Changing Lives or Changing Narratives?

‎ 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”,...

One Seat at the Table

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...

The Forgotten Households

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...

Nigerian star Falz has kept protest music alive

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...

The Empty Stomach Entrepreneur

By Peter Kidi in Kakuma This poem is born from life in a refugee camp, but they speak to experiences shared by displaced communities everywhere....

Ernest Cole: the South African photographer, was ground down by the racism he encountered everywhere he went.

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...

Pops Mohamed mixed old and new to reinvent South African music

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...

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