Politicians worldwide have a reputation for being comical, if not utterly ludicrous. They are good fodder for comedians and cartoonists. Matter-of-factly, they are loved, loathed and worshipped. Importantly, we love to hate them. Politicians are two-faced. They kiss and cuddle babies, and then once the cameras have gone, turn around and head-butt them. You don´t…
Less tears and more actions
Zach Khadudu is a Kenyan by birth and a journalist by choice. He is a commentator and an activist with a passion for refugee and human rights. He may share a heritage with a certain US president, but his heart lies elsewhere – in the written and spoken word.
In July 1959, TV-WNTA aired a sensational documentary on American television: ‘The hate that hate produced’. Muslim activist Malcolm X and Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad featured prominently. The documentary shocked the nation. The hate messages peddled by the NOI were chilling. In all fairness to Malcolm, this was before he made a…
Je suis Charlie was the rallying cry that resonated across the world after the unfortunate terror incident in France. Up in arms across Europe Even Bibi (Netanyahu) with his appalling human rights record was arm-in-arm with the rest of the world leaders to stand up for freedom of expression. Maria Le Pen, the Pia K…
Zach Khadudu is a Kenyan by birth and a journalist by choice. He is a commentator and an activist with a passion for refugee and human rights. He may share a heritage with a certain US president, but his heart lies elsewhere – in the written and spoken word.
(photo: scanpix) Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886). Théâtre de l’Absurde Some acute madness is going on. An artist prosecuted in Sweden for racial profiling is given a VIP welcome to Denmark. Matter-of-factly, his art, pregnant with racial innuendo, is…
Zach Khadudu is a Kenyan by birth and a journalist by choice. He is a commentator and an activist with a passion for refugee and human rights. He may share a heritage with a certain US president, but his heart lies elsewhere – in the written and spoken word.
The future is ours, Baby This is my letter to the just-born, mixed-race baby – prescribed reading, I hope, for a progressive future. Welcome to the world, Cutie! To Denmark, to be specific. By virtue of your mum being a Dane and your father being a foreigner, you have to decide where you want to…
University of Copenhagen researchers have published an interesting paper on how Danish newspapers report on wars that Danish troops get involved in. This research points to what we already know: that even in the free world, the press can flip into a manipulated, propagandist mouthpiece of the government. With a good measure of public support,…
When you watch the Oscar-winning ‘12 years a slave’, you can’t help but think of the unbelievable gross oppressions that one human race can inflict on another. Sadly, human history is not short of such episodes: from chained slaves shipped from Africa, to the millions who suffered under the heavy boots of colonial masters. Today,…
The state versus Im Nielsen. This case is set to be Denmark’s litmus test on humanity. Thanks to a seven-year-old girl, a Pandora’s box is slowly opening to a dark world of inhumane and sometimes utterly bizarre immigration laws. You must have heard of Im by now. If not, check again, because you could be…
