Rwanda: ‘Beacon of hope’ for Britain’s Suella Braverman, if not for the migrants she deports
by Rashmee
Posted on March 21, 2023
I’ve been to Kigali, capital of Rwanda, and I can’t say that it appeared to …
Read MoreLaura Trevelyan and the gathering momentum for reparations
by Rashmee
Posted on March 17, 2023
News that longtime BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has presented her last @BBCWorld News America show …
Read MoreBarbados may give energy to reparations case, which is as much about politics as money
by Rashmee
Posted on March 15, 2023
I was reminded of a Financial Times piece on reparations (paywall) when I heard that …
Read MoreThe 2023 election calendar has some big ones
by Rashmee
Posted on January 5, 2023
New year, new election cycles with 2023 seeing five key races: Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand …
Read MoreAll that loving for Africa…in the US, in the World Cup
by Rashmee
Posted on December 14, 2022
America has been wooing Africa at exactly the right time. It’s been eight years since …
Read MoreIs the Africa-America axis really made real in Washington, DC?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 13, 2022
Washington, DC is holding an overdue holiday party that will last three days from kick-off …
Read More’42 per cent of Africa’s 130 players at Qatar were born outside the continent’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 5, 2022
More than half the 26 players in Morocco’s national football team are born in other …
Read MoreFootballers often ask themselves: Where am I really from?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2022
The BBC World Service documentary ‘Which country should I play for?’ tells an …
Read More‘Nervous Conditions’ is about the lot of women…and more
by Rashmee
Posted on August 2, 2022
The first line of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel ‘Nervous Conditions’ is not easy to forget: “I …
Read More‘The Joys of Motherhood’ and the women’s fiction shelf
by Rashmee
Posted on August 1, 2022
The two novels that recently brought me to rethink the categorisation of women’s fiction are …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK