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Nov 29, 20166 min read

The State vs Culture: The (De)Merits of Mr. Aniva’s Sentence

The two-year sentence of 22 November 2016 that convicted 45-year-old Eric Aniva of Nsanje District, met with both jubilation and...

Nov 17, 20166 min read

Female Leadership in Africa – Nibbling Away at the Glass Ceiling

Published in the authors' personal capacity. A no woman vote recently contributed to crashing Mrs. Clinton’s aspirations to smash the...

Sep 21, 20165 min read

Unpaid Care Work in Development: Women Investing in Silence

Written in the author's personal capacity. A well-grounded argument for gender equality and sustainable development resides in the...

Sep 12, 20167 min read

Short-circuiting Luck, Culture and Tradition on My Journey to Womanhood

I was only weeks away from my 16th birthday when I became of age, the woman I had fancied ever since I was a seven-year-old. It was the...

Aug 19, 20164 min read

Culture and Tradition in Malawi: Other Lessons from Mr. Aniva’s Arrest

On 21 July 2016, the world was introduced to Mr. Eric Aniva. This was through a 2-minute BBC documentary interview titled “The man hired...