Sisonke Msimang

Msimang’s early career focused on helping international organizations such as UNAIDS forge HIV/AIDS policies that responded to the specific needs of African women and girls swept up in the global pandemic. She eventually rose to become executive director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, supporting initiatives on human rights, good governance and democracy …

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Trump Rage Ignores The Truth

There can be no better illustration of the folly of victimhood and outrage than the furore surrounding US President Donald Trump's comments about poor countries with relatively high rates of migration to the United States.  In the last few days, the politics of indignation – particularly by people generally on the progressive side of politics …

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Africa’s First Lady

Barack and Michelle Obama have barely left the stage — it’s been a month — and already the U.S. press are gripped by nostalgia. In an era of ubiquitous images, no matter where you live in the world, the scenes of their kisses and hugs, their loving gazes and their fist bumps, are inescapable. Even …

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