The Nelson Mandela I knew and loved
Mandela was a master of political theater. But I loved him for his lesser-known acts, acts that revealed a truly human genius for ubuntu.
A politics of hope
Throughout the years when the religious right was plotting for political power, there was a quietly subver...
Somebody's calling my name: Sunday, January 7 Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-22
Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Memorial, was explaining to a TV interviewer why her remarkable work has come to have such a strong grip upon the emotions of the American people....
Let the imbongis sing!
Back in 1994 TV viewers all over the world watched transfixed, as South Africa’s first democratically elected president took the oath of office....