Kamauu teaches me that sometimes Dignity is stronger than Hunger. Kamauu is a jobless youngster who dreams of making a life as a comedian. Our protagonist is without parents, and his household only sources of income are his grandmother’s casual work in a hospital, and some unpredictable Wester Union transfers from a better off relative in Australia. All in all, Kamauu and her grandmother struggle to put enough food on the table on a regular basis. A few months into my researc

Have you ever had a near-death experience? Ndugu has had two of them- and they look quite different from each other. The M23 comes to town- "I was still at university when the armed group M23 took the city of Goma. Back then I had created a theatre group called Le Tan Tan of the Great Lakes; I think it was a Thursday, and we we had organised a play and a little celebration with the group the Friday. I went to university to pick up the money the university provided us for the

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.” ―Al

War, a single word capable of conjuring the most horrifying images of human suffering that one can possibly conceive. The current situation in Palestine is a good example- if we dare to call this unequal exchange of warfare and global power a war that is. Yet, (and just like the little over 70 years old 'war' in Palestine that seems to have found its way to the headlines, again, to pick it up right where Ukraine left it) most war zones in the world today are characterised for