Category: general
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we of the humus (on grief)
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What is the relationship between grief and honesty, grief and truth? I see grief as a braided rope with strands of anger, sadness, fear, disgust, all those most knotted of reactions to what we have lost, in a word, to our pain. Is grief truth because it names our most…
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invitation to support me to learn the resilience toolkit
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I am hosting a crowdfunding campaign to raise the fees for participation in the Resilience Toolkit Certification programme by Lumos Transforms starting in January 2021. The Resilience Toolkit is “a system for reducing stress and growing resilience in individuals, organizations, and communities so they can envision, create, and implement positive change.”…
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october reads, thoughts and dreams
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Some of what I have read, heard and has come through during this month. I will start with the most profound and succinct thing that has been underscored this month: The lie of individual blame, the centrality of value in the journey of decolonising and re-indigenising, and the importance of…
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on african institutions and class consciousness #rant
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So as much as I am all for African Studies conferences having a base in Africa, I have to say the registration charges for the upcoming African Studies Conference by the African Studies Association in Africa (ASAA), make me question which Africa the conference – whose focus is on African…
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invitation to support me to go to gesa 2018
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I am hosting a crowdfunding campaign to raise the fees for participation in the Global Environments Summer Academy (GESA) 2018, hosted by Global Diversity Foundation in Oxford, UK. GESA brings together 18-21 environmental professionals, students and activists from around the world “whom they believe have the capacity to become environmental…