insert_link Opinion Pieces MAN ENOUGH: Fatherhood as a Sacred Responsibility Every Man is Armed For Father’s Day is marked annually on the third Sunday of June in many countries across the world. It is a fitting occasion not only to celebrate the gift of our fathers (and husbands), but also to highlight some of the elements of the unique and sacred vocation of fatherhood. As men ourselves, we take this opportunity to celebrate fatherhood and to encourage our fellow men that we […] todayJune 21, 2024 3
insert_link Namibia Absent fathers, a concern in Namibia https://youtu.be/N7Uqf4YS85I?si=mKisU2Nbu39cC-wX By Finna Kahili, via News on One Community and church leader Chinaville Vries has shared the negative impact of fatherlessness on families, stressing the crucial role fathers play in shaping children's identity and purpose. Vries was speaking during the One Economy Foundation's Be Free Campaign, which hosted a Men's Workshop on Friday in Windhoek. The dialogue aims to open discussion about matters that are important to men, creating a […] todayApril 30, 2024 35
insert_link Africa What are Sabaki languages? How people formed ethnic groups along the coast of east Africa By Daren Ray, Brigham Young University A new book called Ethnicity, Identity and Conceptualizing Community in Indian Ocean East Africa tracks the history of the coastal communities of east Africa and how the Sabaki family of Bantu languages was formed, shaped in part by the sea and the arrival of visitors from other shores and within the continent. We asked historian Daren Ray to tell us […] todayFebruary 20, 2024 12
insert_link 39 World Descendants of Holocaust survivors explain why they are replicating Auschwitz tattoos on their own bodies Orly Weintraub Gilad with her grandfather’s Auschwitz number, A-12599, tattooed on her arm. John Jeffay for The Conversation Alice Bloch, University of Manchester Rony Cohen doesn’t remember any particular moment when she first became aware of the number tattooed on her grandmother’s arm. It was just always there. Cohen says she felt as if she had experienced the Holocaust herself, in a different cycle of her own life. It featured […] todayJanuary 26, 2024 10 39
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
