From McCann Kenya comes a visually-compelling and direct message to stop human trafficking, especially of children. The public awareness campaign through transit ads serve to spread the message quickly, and with a visual connect that is readily comprehensible, action-inducing, agitating, and graphic as any visual communication should be.
The transit ad campaign is the brainchild of [...]

Dubai, born of the dream to create a Middle Eastern Shangri-la, was ‘built from nothing in just a few wild decades on credit and ecocide, suppression and slavery.’ Today, there are half-finished buildings and new establishments that look plush and posh but with ceilings that leak rainwater and tiles falling off. Some of the infrastructure [...]

Slavery and colonialism did not leave the African continent even during the age of post-colonial Africa. The establishment of an African bourgeoisie did not help the traditionalist view any. This African middle class has viewed their native languages as “shameful,” “inelegant,” and “incapable of expressing scientific or intellectual thought.” Kenyan parents are said to be [...]

The very definition of African literature can be fodder to endless debate. What qualifies as African literature, anyway? For starters, what is indigenous literature, in the first place? The polemics in the debate contains the two most important factors: is African literature about Africa or the African experience? Are the writings of an African who [...]

Augustine in 4-5th century North Africa said that the apostles taught the unity of faith where there should not be any distinctions in race, condition, or sex. Yet within the order of life, such distinctions cannot be avoided. Christianity is a religion that makes man not engage in slavery, even if slavery can exist. The [...]

The slave figure has never ceased to be enigmatic. History is full of it. More than the moral context of slavery, the slave should first be seen as a historical figure and a cultural phenomenon. The Bible teaches unity through faith where there should not be any distinctions or discriminations in race, sex, or creed. [...]