Valparaiso Chase the dog star Over the sea Home where my true love is waiting for me Rope the south wind Canvas the stars Harness the moonlight So she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso Red the port light Starboard the green How will she know of the devils I’ve seen Cross [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Rippled and Timed
Rippled and Timed . Today, our living waters the fountains and streams of yesterday’s forsaken wells. Rippled upon time. . Tomorrow, our future rain the storms and rivers of today’s wrought ways. Forgoned in time. . Yesterday, ripples knowledge into today… and today. Today… tomorrow paved by yesterday’s dreams. – Taken from Mystic Wayfarer A [...]
Look beyond race, govt urged
The South African government needs to “take a hard look” at its race-fuelled myopia and create the conditions that encouraged productive South Africans — including whites and minority groups — to stay and contribute to growth, says official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. In his regular online column on Friday, SA Today, Leon noted [...]
History: The Afrikaners of South Africa
In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far East. From this group of Dutchmen the Afrikaners were to develop. From 1688 to 1700, they were joined [...]
Zoe Wicomb – A Writer Of Rare Brilliance
Author Zoe Wicomb gave this rare interview to David Robinson of the Scotsman and gives us a glimpse of life as a mixed-race person under apartheid. Zoe Wicomb, South Africa-born but living in Glasgow for the last 11 years, is a writer of rare brilliance. On the cover of her latest book, Nobel laureate Toni [...]
A history of the Anglo-Burmese Community
Throughout the former colonial world, in many instances what are referred to as ‘hybrid communities’ have evolved. In Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, different groups were born of mixed relations between the colonists and indigenous peoples. In Asia, such groups, commonly known as Eurasians, developed in differing ways. These peoples were regarded varyingly from [...]
Being Half Japanese
I was born to a Japanese mother and an American-Italian mother. Like many other ‘racially’ or if you prefer ‘ethnically’ mixed individuals, I often think about my identity and how I sit in society. I was born and raised in Japan. I therefore consider myself to be predominantly Japanese. That is, culturally. The issue with [...]
We are because of them – Part 5 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen
Understanding ‘How to make one hell of a prophet and still get to heaven’
How to make one hell of a prophet and still get to heaven by Dr. John F. DeMartini What the hell is heaven? Payment is due when service is rendered. Profits are a by product of having services rendered. ‘Work is love made visible’ – Khalil Gibran Everything is light. The inherent nature of divinity [...]