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When the Pirates Wear Uniforms
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When the Conqueror Steals the Tongue
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s warning — “Take away our language and we will forget who we are” — echoes in the Cape’s own history. Kaaps, Arabic-Afrikaans, and the Ratib al-Haddad are more than words; they are living archives of faith, resistance, and belonging. When empire tries to sever the tongue, we stitch the seam back together…
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A Word That Wounds and Wakes Us: Rethinking “Coloured” in the Age of Memory
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The Mother Tongue of Tasbih: Afrikaans, Islam, and the Echoes of Resistance
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Did You Write This?
In the age of AI, the question isn’t simply “Did you write this?” — it’s “Do you understand it, stand by it, and show up inside it?” This reflection, drawn from conversations with educators and writers, invites us to move beyond panic and into ethical authorship, presence, and responsibility. Tools may change — but intention…
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The Ratib al-Haddad: A Symphony of Spiritual Resilience
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I let Nancy Sinatra sing in Sally Little’s biography
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Take a deep breath. We’re going swimming
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Sally Little on a beautiful Cape Town morning
Adli Yacubi 