Changing times and our narratives
It was CNN anchor, Mr Fareed Zakaria, who said that democracy is a system marked by free and fair elections, freedom of the press, rule of law, protection of individual rights and religion, association i.e constitutional democracy. That, “it’s when these rights are abused that people resort to extremism to challenge an affront to their rights”. Judging by our current political paralysis and social disengagement, one would assume the end is nigh. However, don’t despair or turn
Living With The Unacceptable: A New World Order And Democracy In Africa
The beauty of democracy has always been its ability to impose the will of a majority over the ‘others’, even when ‘the others’ may not like the imposition. This has kept the wheel of civilised society turning; winners and losers alike respecting each other’s viewpoint. However, lately, the opposite seems to be the case because we now live in an age where people can be right and yet wrong at the same time. This contradiction seems to be redefining the majority clause on which
Shared Goals: Learning to listen and learn
Citizens First Foundation C.I.C, Northamptonshire Quite often in the past, I used to get easily flustered by life’s little idiosyncrasies, but not anymore. I suppose with age, I have learnt to respect and gracefully appreciate life’s weird sense of humour. I have accepted that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. Hence, the determination to master the art of learning to learn, unlearn and relearn. I was opportuned to attend a Train the Trainers workshop last we
