Reclaiming Windrush Square: why urban development projects need to heed local voices: Windrush Square is a vibrant public plaza at the heart of Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. It was first named in 1998 in commemoration of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, which docked in Essex in 1948, carrying 1,027 passengers, at …
How Gda?sk is reclaiming its industrial waterfront: Andrzej Grzesiak/Unsplash The prosperity of port cities, throughout history, has been closely tied to the ports’ ability to adapt to economic and technological change. As ships got bigger, ports had to keep up. This has often seen the port proper grow apart from the city whose name it …
The best fiction of 2022: Zoe Gilbert’s Mischief Acts and reclaiming the myths of the natural world: Sophie Davidson Every culture, by and large, has its myths of the natural world. There are myths of the forests, myths of the seas and rivers, myths of the deserts, mountains and jungles. Some of these myths, like …
Wolof is reclaiming ground in Senegal as the French language wanes: French is the official language of Senegal. Photo AFP via Getty Images The French language was introduced into Senegal through colonisation. According to Papa Alioune Ndao, professor of linguistics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar: French was taught in Senegal as a …
Ukraine war: reclaiming Snake Island is Kyiv’s biggest strategic victory so far – here’s why: On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were …
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South Africa in the news: Nigeria: Reclaiming Girlhood – Early Marriage a Challenging Public Health Dilemma in Nigeria: Blog – Bintu, (not her real name) was married off to a 49-year-old man in Dogon Daji village, Sokoto State in Northern Nigeria when she was 13. Bintu said she wanted to become a medical doctor before …