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The Gifts of African: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World

The Gifts of African: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World

A book on the amazing intellectual legacy that Africa has given the world, profiling its creators, thinkers and innovators.

2022

Stories

If You Think Like John Kerry That Borders Make a Nation, You’re a Fool: Here’s Why

Refugees and migrants, especially from Africa, deserve far better than platitudes from Western politicians

4d ago

If You Think Like John Kerry That Borders Make a Nation, You’re a Fool: Here’s Why

4d ago

Ethiopian Lawyer in Limbo: One Amhara Exile’s Story

Today, I “met” a criminal over a WhatsApp call. And when I type criminal, I actually mean someone who has been forced to be a human rights…

Jul 4

Ethiopian Lawyer in Limbo: One Amhara Exile’s Story

Jul 4

Gaza-Glastonbury: What words do we have permission to use?

A Protest Poem

Jul 1

Gaza-Glastonbury: What words do we have permission to use?

Jul 1

How Big Tech and Right-Wing Governments Are Making You an Inmate, Not a Citizen

In the late 1940s, the science fiction writer Ray Bradbury was strolling after dinner one evening with a friend to a bus stop in the…

Jun 10

How Big Tech and Right-Wing Governments Are Making You an Inmate, Not a Citizen

Jun 10

The Left’s Bizarre Hero Worship of Despots

A couple of days ago, I discovered — what to me, at least — was an outrageous post on X (formerly Twitter). It offered photos from Iran…

Jun 3

The Left’s Bizarre Hero Worship of Despots

Jun 3

BBC’s Phony “Us Vs. Them” Game

USAID is not a saintly organization, and Voice of America is and always has been a propaganda network

May 20

BBC’s Phony “Us Vs. Them” Game

May 20

How American Journalism Sells a Phony Dream to Young Professionals

I’m tunneling these days through Graydon Carter’s memoir, When the Going Was Good. If you blink and skip the title page, you’ll miss that…

May 15

How American Journalism Sells a Phony Dream to Young Professionals

May 15

Trump Opponents Fight Like They’re Facing 1968 Nixon When They’re Dealing With 1934 Hitler — Why…

Lessons from a Reluctant Activist

Apr 21

Trump Opponents Fight Like They’re Facing 1968 Nixon When They’re Dealing With 1934 Hitler — Why…

Apr 21

Art for Ethiopia’s Sake: A Poster for Fano

Today, I posted on social media this composition of mine, shown above, done in charcoal, conté, ordinary pencil, and colored pencils. I…

Apr 17

Art for Ethiopia’s Sake: A Poster for Fano

Apr 17

The “nice white girl victim” stories are topping reportage of ICE nightmares but they miss the…

Today, I woke up to a horrific story in the Guardian about young British citizen Rebecca Burke, a graphic artist who simply wanted to…

Apr 6

The “nice white girl victim” stories are topping reportage of ICE nightmares but they miss the…

Apr 6

Jeff Pearce

Jeff Pearce

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Writer person. Books - The Gifts of Africa, Prevail, The Karma Booth, Gangs in Canada and Winged Bull, a bio of Henry Layard, the Victorian era’s Indiana Jones.

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