
The Odes to Mambokadzi: Reviving the idea of common good as a form of personal and political resistance; a way of connecting us to our past, the present and fostering a sense of care and community with future people. While […]
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The Odes to Mambokadzi: Reviving the idea of common good as a form of personal and political resistance; a way of connecting us to our past, the present and fostering a sense of care and community with future people. While […]
To be able to assess whether one must destroy or submit out of necessity, one must have full knowledge of the table’s inner workings and who it ultimately intends to serve because if not you and I, then who? Who […]
When the debt collectors call I just feel I want to bawl Out: “Leave me the hell alone! Stop trying to get blood from a stone” When the debt collectors call I wish I could just crawl Into some […]
Sometimes I look at the people my age, who I went to high school and varsity with – and think – jeez did I even make the right career choice because where is my house, my benz and my husband […]
Can’t explain this feeling Like fresh paint, cracked and peeling Not sure how to move Forward, what I have to prove A bit scared about tomorrow Will I have to beg, steal, borrow? Don’t want another job Don’t want some […]
Economic Justice has been defined by scholars as the idea that the economy will be more successful if it is to have any semblance of fairness . Universal basic income, income equality by gender and race, equal opportunity for employment […]
There isn’t a day that goes by living in Zimbabwe without encountering the phrases “Vision 2030” , “Upper Middle-Income Economy” and “ Mega Deals” . These slogans have become part of our daily vocabulary as state media and government institutions […]
The socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on both the economy and society as a whole have been far-reaching and devastating, highlighting already existing inequalities and access issues. By contextualising the COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic consequences it has caused, the limitations […]
As the planet burns and freezes and earth becomes gradually uninhabitable, a handful of men continue to extract large surpluses from both labour and the natural environment We live in a world created in man’s image—Cisgender heterosexual man to be […]
Growing up in an African, particularly Xhosa home, means that certain things are part and parcel of the culture – the ice cream container is filled to the brim with everything but ice-cream, the alarm on holidays and weekends is […]
I find it ironic that the States that created the world’s problems are the same ones offering aid/ funding to help solve them. Don’t get me wrong, I think funding in some way is reparations and of course necessary because, […]
La version française suit ci-dessous Submit your ideas! The Economy According to the internet an economy “is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents”. In general, it is […]
CAL a le plaisir de lancer “The Autonomy Project : Un rapport sur la violence faite aux femmes (VFF) et la participation politique des femmes au Rwanda, au Bénin et en Tunisie”. Cette publication examine le paysage de la violence […]
CAL is pleased to launch ‘The Autonomy Project: A Report on Violence against Women (VAW) and Women’s Political Participation in Rwanda, Benin & Tunisia.’ The publication looks into the landscape of violence against women and women’s political participation in the […]
I Am… I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the sex worker working the streets because nobody will hire a transgender woman. I am the […]
Nous sommes toutes des femmes violentées. Certaines d’entre nous vont jusqu’à s’autodétruire et entraîner dans leur chute d’autres femmes en devenant les geôlières après une vie de captives condamnées à perpétuité, elles deviennent les gardiennes de la perpétuelle violence. Elles […]