HAVANA. Cuba is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic July 26th attack on the Moncada barracks, the failed assault that paved the way for the 1959 revolution and Cuba’s accidental journey toward a swinging socialism. Yet the mood in Havana is far from celebratory, not only because the main ceremonies are being held in … Read more
CAPE TOWN. For the last four days, I’ve been listening to a group of scholars from nine African nations talk about the language situation in their respective countries. One immediately realizes that this continent has been robbed not only of its past but also of its soul. In country after country, the official language is … Read more
In many parts of the country today, both in the cities and in the countryside, syndicated groups, armed with fake land titles and with huge doses of underdog righteousness, are invading large tracts of public and privately-owned land. They swoop in overnight, putting up instant shanties on bare land, bringing in families from nowhere, and … Read more