The Water Warrior: Sheree Ann Marinus

Posted on January 20, 2013 By Aimee Remani Africa & Middle East, All, Engage, Issues & Activism, Woman in Africa: Under Threat, Women to Watch

The Water Warrior: Sheree Ann Marinus

Water.  Can you imagine a world without water?  It’s hard to believe, but that’s where we’re heading.  That is where Africa is heading.  That is where South Africa is heading.  Water and our future are intertwined in some possible doom.  We just can’t lose it. The world has seen a rise in a global faction [...]

Johannesburg…At Dawn

Posted on October 21, 2012 By Aimee Remani Africa & Middle East, All, Woman in Africa: Under Threat

Johannesburg…At Dawn

Is Johannesburg beautiful? At first glance, One may not think it so, but this is one of the most difficult questions to answer. The story of the global metropolis as a “loved one” or a “lover” is not a foreign concept. I think of the passion evoked when New Yorkers, Parisians and Romans talk about [...]

Africa, Alive: A Toast To Nature, Dlamini-Zuma and Snow days

Posted on August 19, 2012 By Aimee Remani Africa & Middle East, Empower, Headline, Woman in Africa: Under Threat, Women's Rights

Africa, Alive: A Toast To Nature, Dlamini-Zuma and Snow days

There are a multitude of things that the African continent has yet to experience. The most liberal form of freedom, economic independence and the true end to neo-colonialism would probably be at the top of the list…and rightly so. But, in my quest to express my existence on this continent formerly known as the “Dark One/Stepchild of the [...]

From Transkei With Love

Posted on July 15, 2012 By Aimee Remani Africa & Middle East, Empower, Headline, Issues & Activism, Woman in Africa: Under Threat, Women's Rights

From Transkei With Love

The desire to understand the complex system that is “freedom” on the African continent is a strong one. It has been a mess of colorful joy and utter sadness coupled with anything from disbelief to chaos. I spent some time hovering in and out of the almost “alternate” spheres of rural-urban Gauteng, South Africa. Everything [...]

The 21st Century Woman in Africa: South Africa meets Mozambique

Posted on June 17, 2012 By Aimee Remani Africa & Middle East, Headline, Woman in Africa: Under Threat, Women's Rights

The 21st Century Woman in Africa: South Africa meets Mozambique

Five weeks ago, I was left speechless. It had to do with the daily national newspaper “The STAR” and three images that were splashed on the cover page. Scenes of the previous day’s Youth Unemployment Subsidy Protest March were the focal point of many a story from there on out. For me, the images were [...]