Poem by Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek It was an early morning in my village When left my family in their cottage And stealthily went, as to be...
Grammy Awards: Africa finally has its own category – but at what cost?
Miriam Makeba was the first African to win a Grammy, but only when she partnered with a US star, Harry Belafonte. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images By...
From Prison Residency To Presidency
By Dr. Ahmed Gumma Siddiek I In an endless horizon, In a lonely Zone The Robben Island stood alone Amid an angry water, Where nothing to see But an endlessness angry...
Message to General Burhan of Sudan
By Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek General, I am very fond of those stripes On your chest and shoulder, with different sizes ...
Peter Magubane: courageous photographer who chronicled South Africa’s struggle for freedom
Peter Magubane documented black life and resistance in South Africa. Peter Magubane/PMHA/Courtesy the Magubane family By Kylie Thomas Peter Sexford Magubane, a courageous South African photographer whose...
John Hlatywayo: remembering a great Zimbabwean artist who was woefully neglected by history
By Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti John Hlatywayo, who has died at 96, was a great painter, sculptor and mentor. However he is woefully neglected in the...
By Dr. Ahmed Gumaa SiddiekI dream of a new black suitWith a long tail and a leather bootAnd two socks, the size of my...
A poem by Dr. Ahmed Gumma Siddiek I dream of a morning full with peaceWith no planes on my head shooting my placeI dream of...
In Sudan’s Dogs’ shitter: illusion and disillusionment
Pain filled a theatre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where three Sudanese directors in exile were showing their films earlier last month. Tears were...
