La NegraGather ye rosebuds while ye may“Now your lonely is somebody else’s. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain’t that something? A secondhand lonely.” — Toni Morrison…Aug 7, 2018Aug 7, 2018
La NegraThe truth? No one is ‘unrapeable’There are people in our society who are perceived to be “unrapeable”. These people — who are often female — are not incapable of being…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
La NegraYouth is not an excuseJahseh Onfroy crammed a wildly successful music career under the stage name XXXTentacion into a short life, which was also characterised by…Jun 29, 2018Jun 29, 2018
La NegraFree speech is costlyFreedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of our nascent constitutional democracy, and it is unquestionably a principle worth…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraLike Banquo’s ghost, Khwezi will haunt CyrilIn 2004, then-deputy president Jacob Zuma became a central figure in the Schabir Shaik corruption trial. On June 2 2005, Shaik was found…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraNew year, new classismIt’s the most stressful time of the year, when we start over by making expensive, ill-thought-out promises to ourselves, which almost…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraWhose black excellence is it?The notable difference between black excellence and white excellence is that white excellence is achieved without meeting resistance in the…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraThis is the endIt takes a rare and rational human to take actual comfort in being told “time heals all wounds”, that “you’ll get over it eventually” and…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraMind the gender pain gapAs with pay, opportunities and promotions, women get short shrift when it comes to their pain being taken seriously. Women in pain get less…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
La NegraThe hard labour of pregnancyIn the Liberian town of Smell No Taste, a 28-year-old woman overcame unimaginably horrific odds only to inadvertently become the face of…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018