Melania Trump’s Africa wardrobe evoked a brutal history of colonialism
by Rashmee
Posted on October 10, 2018 / The National
It is pointless to parse US first lady Melania Trump’s outfits for meaning, as the …
Read MoreRwanda, DRC etc are all beset by PLEP, the Pakistan Low Expectations Phenomenon
by Rashmee
Posted on August 7, 2017
Roughly 17 African heads of state have either already rolled back or are in the …
Read MoreNot a good idea for Trump administration to disrespect Africa’s big chief, but it did
by Rashmee
Posted on May 15, 2017
No one likes getting stood up, but especially high dignitaries from South Asia or Africa …
Read MoreA president, his daughter & business success in a country whose name starts with ‘A’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 7, 2017
So what do you know about Angola? Most people will know only the following: that …
Read MoreThese short stories make true the saying ‘Cairo writes, Beirut prints, Khartoum reads’
by Rashmee
Posted on August 9, 2016
I’m reading ‘The Book of Khartoum‘, which is apparently the first major collection …
Read MoreThe human connection in India’s scramble for Africa
by Rashmee
Posted on July 14, 2016 / The National
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, left, and his host Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli, right, …
Read MoreDon’t laugh, but US should look to Gambia. Its Yahya Jammeh is like Trump
by Rashmee
Posted on June 3, 2016
Chude Jideonwo @chude has seen Donald Trump’s type of populism in Africa and, he warns, …
Read MoreFrom Lewiston, Maine, here’s a African refugee story with a difference
by Rashmee
Posted on December 3, 2015
Here’s a refugee story with a difference. In Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest city, Somali refugees are …
Read MoreNever mind the jokes, Tanzania’s new president is right to be an ‘austerian’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2015
#WhatWouldMagufuliDo is the hashtag that people across Africa are using to make little jokes about …
Read MoreKagame’s Rwanda is planning a national network of ‘drone ports’. No, really
by Rashmee
Posted on November 1, 2015
When I visited Kigali a few years ago, it was obvious that President Paul Kagame …
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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