Tina Turner: the singer’s resilience and defiance were typical of a survivor of intimate partner abuse: There was something elemental about the ferocity of Tina Turner’s stage strut and the grit in her voice. Her death last week, aged 83, was met with an outpouring of tributes celebrating her musical prowess. But as we mourn …
Ghana’s COVID lockdown: why it triggered a toxic mix of mass defiance and police violence: The lockdown of Accra at the peak of the pandemic was poorly received Photo by Delali Adoglah Bessa Ghana confirmed its first 2 cases of COVID-19 infections on March 12, 2020 which increased to 152 with 5 deaths by March …
Women’s football in Nigeria has a long history of defiance: Nigeria's Falcons celebrate being African women's champions for the fifth year running, in 2006. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Not too long ago, Desire Oparanozie, then captain of the Nigerian women’s football team, again demanded equal pay for female Nigerian players. In Nigeria, female …
Roman Protasevich: dissident Belarus journalist whose defiance enraged Europe’s last dictator: Roman Protasevich doesn’t look like much of a threat to Europe’s last dictator. A fresh-faced 26-year-old, he has never been elected to public office nor has he stood as a candidate. What this blogger and co-recipient of the European parliament’s Sakharov prize for freedom …
Zuma’s defiance is a grave moment for South Africa. But it’s not a constitutional crisis: Former South African president Jacob Zuma addresses supporters after one of several court appearances on corruption charges. EPA-EFE/Phil Makgoe/Pool The attempt by former South African president Jacob Zuma to destabilise the country’s constitutional order, and defy the rule of law, …