New Frame, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/new-frame/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 New Frame, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/new-frame/ 32 32 67616479 When you kiss nyaope, you marry it https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/when-you-kiss-nyaope-you-marry-it/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/when-you-kiss-nyaope-you-marry-it/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:50:25 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71031 The low-grade form of heroin continues to strip the youth of their future and the young women living in a drug house in Ekurhuleni say the police do not take them seriously.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/when-you-kiss-nyaope-you-marry-it/feed/ 0 71031 Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary spirit lives on https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/frantz-fanons-revolutionary-spirit-lives-on/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/frantz-fanons-revolutionary-spirit-lives-on/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:19:16 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71005 A new collection of essays uses the works of the psychiatrist and radical political philosopher to explore how a community’s language and capacity for thought and wit threaten the state.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/frantz-fanons-revolutionary-spirit-lives-on/feed/ 0 71005 Facing the beast of rape, femicide and child murder https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/facing-the-beast-of-rape-femicide-and-child-murder/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/facing-the-beast-of-rape-femicide-and-child-murder/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:52:45 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71000 Gender-based violence is highlighted in several heartbreaking performances at the Makhanda National Arts Festival. Unfortunately these stories have their roots in reality.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/facing-the-beast-of-rape-femicide-and-child-murder/feed/ 0 71000 Jennifer Cudjoe fights on and will not be silenced https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:11:36 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70985 The popular United States-based player is speaking out about the shameful state of women’s football in Ghana, where players have been marginalised in many ways for way too long.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/feed/ 0 70985 Yeoville market fire devastates traders’ livelihoods https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/yeoville-market-fire-devastates-traders-livelihoods/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/yeoville-market-fire-devastates-traders-livelihoods/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 22:29:19 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70955 A fire at the Yeoville African Market in Johannesburg has left some sellers destitute, with shopkeepers saying vigilante group Operation Dudula threatened a week earlier to burn down the market.

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