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 …

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Laura 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 …

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Barbados 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 …

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The 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 …

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All 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 …

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Is 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 …

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’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 …

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Footballers 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 …

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‘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 …

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‘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