Fiat Lux
March 24 2016 – The utterly senseless devastation that terror visits on its victims is horrendous to behold. Scenes of women, children and babies dead or dying, some screaming and wailing, covered by others’ body parts, are bound to remain etched in the memories of those who behold them for the rest of their lives. These are blind and indiscriminate acts that target no one and everybody at the same…
March 9 2017 The debate around the need to have a serious constitutional review in Tanzania is simply refusing to go away. Every week we learn of new legal action taken by members of civil society that seek to challenge this or that act undertaken by government officials that people find unjust, unfair or illegal. Increasingly, this is becoming a litigating society in which more and more people are willing…...
December 21 2015 Our bright little lady century is coming out at the sweet age of sixteen, and this is perhaps something we may or may not celebrate, given what has been and what we have seen. Still, wishing each other the best does denote good manners and proper conduct, and on this I certainly am keen. To my readers and friends, comrades all, I take this space to send…...
May 12 2016 – The reader may still remember the nickname “La Pasionaria” I wrote about a few years ago in this space. Well, she was that Spanish woman who stood at burning barricades in 1930s Madrid, under the fire of the fascists under General Francisco Franco, and urged the republican resisters with the immortal words, “No Pasaran!” They Shall Not Pass! Her real name was Isidora Dolores Ibarruri Gomez,…...