Tariq Mehmood’s new novel is uncompromising but hopeful in its portrait of the impact of the war in Afghanistan on a northern city in Britain, finds Sarbjit Johal https://www.counterfire.org/articles/book-reviews/20045-you-re-not-here-book-review Sarbjit JohalDecember 20, 2018
“… the effort in Jackson is an inspiration and evidence of what can be done in the poorest of communities to mobilize, educate, and organize a counterweight to predatory capitalism and White supremacy. “Jackson Rising” is also a call for help. The vision of “solidarity economics” means making links outside of Jackson and creating alternative …
The centrality of culture in the struggle for a new world: Amilcar Cabral and Ken Saro Wiwa. Firoze Manji, Eco-Instigator, 22: 18-23 Cabral and Saro-Wiwa were separated by two eras, the one involving the struggle for independence in Africa, the other dealing with the consequences of the failures of independence and the rise of neoliberalism. …
https://mediadiversified.org/2019/01/17/south-asian-women-in-britain-finding-a-voice-40-years-on/ South Asian women in Britain: Finding a voice, 40 years on “If we remember our rich collective past, we will find ourselves stronger in the battles ahead” Gouri Sharma talks with journalist and activist Amrit Wilson, forty years after her influential feminist book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain. Featured photo: Amrit Wilson speaking on behalf …
The legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa at Maynooth University The publisher of the Nigerian writer and activist’s last writings and the nun who smuggled them out spoke at a recent seminar Helen Fallon Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 05:11 On Thursday, November 15th, Maynooth University Library held the annual Ken Saro-Wiwa seminar. Kenyan-born Firoze Manji presented a …
‘This book is a wonderful, important and necessary reminder of all the black feminist work behind us and all that is left to do.’ —Sara Ahmed, feminist writer and independent scholar, and author of Living a Feminist Life ‘Finding a Voice acquires a new significance in this neoliberal era…an indispensable archive as well as a narrative of a …
This is a testament to the bravery of my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa. His words are an inspiration to anyone fighting against tyranny, and a reminder to oppressors the world over that the human spirit can never be broken. — Noo Saro-Wiwa, author of Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (2012). Here is a remarkable …
One brother goes missing in action in Afghanistan, the other falls in love with an Afghan girl in England. Bitter divisions engulf an English town where young Muslims oppose the British army’s presence in Afghanistan, whilst white youth condemn the Muslims as traitors. To the disgust of his white friends, 17-year-old Jake Marlesden, whose brother …
A clearly written, excellently illustrated, valuable and absorbing reflection upon a rich lifetime in teaching that deserves an international audience. Richard Pring, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Education, and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. The remarkable life of a principled Tanzanian educator told with emotion and humor. Peter Lawrence, Professor …