My work in Mogadishu in 1989-90 involved me working with a local charitable organisation, Aadamiga (‘humanity’), which was helping displaced women from Somaliland [the north west region] and the central areas.9 The government’s attitude towards Aadamiga was hostile. Siad Barre did not want any non-governmental humanitarian initiatives in Somalia.10 Aadamiga’s director, my cousin, had been […]
День: 12.10.2015
Silent Acquiescence
The Too-High Price of Prestige Derrick Bell IT IS NOT pleasant to consider that one’s protest action can cause more consternation to those you consider to be on your side than it does to those you know are in your way. As Camus warned, we must often go forward "with weapons in our hands and […]
JAMES HAL CONE
James Cone has been hailed as the father of contemporary Black liberation theology, which emerged out of the Black church in response to the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Among Black theologians he is one of the first to take a public stance against sexism in general and sexism in the Black community and […]
MALCOLM X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) is the most controversial of the Black men discussed in this essay. Having become "streetwise" through his experiences in Harlem and the Roxbury area of Boston, Malcolm held a fairly typical male view of women in general and Black women in particular. Some of this was learned through various experiences […]
TWO SIDES OF A CARE DEFICIT
First, by the term “care” I refer to an emotional bond, usually mutual, between the caregiver and cared-for, a bond in which the caregiver feels responsible for others’ well-being and does mental, emotional, and physical work in the course of fulfilling that responsibility. Thus, care of a person implies care about him or her. I’ll […]
TWO SIDES OF A CARE DEFICIT
First, by the term “care” I refer to an emotional bond, usually mutual, between the caregiver and cared-for, a bond in which the caregiver feels responsible for others’ well-being and does mental, emotional, and physical work in the course of fulfilling that responsibility. Thus, care of a person implies care about him or her. I’ll […]
THE CULTURE OF POLITICS
Traditional, Postmodern, CoW Modem, and Warm Modem Ideals of Care Among the visual images of care in the modern Western world, a classic view portrays a mother ho’ding a child. Frequently, the mother is seated in a chair at home or in a dreamlike setting, such as her garden. ()ften found on old-fashioned birthday cards […]
THE CULTURE OF POLITICS
Traditional, Postmodern, CoW Modem, and Warm Modem Ideals of Care Among the visual images of care in the modern Western world, a classic view portrays a mother ho’ding a child. Frequently, the mother is seated in a chair at home or in a dreamlike setting, such as her garden. ()ften found on old-fashioned birthday cards […]
TESTIMONY 6: DAHABO ISSE
Editors’ note The violent inter-clan warfare in southern Somalia convulsed the southern region into a state of anarchy; creating a man-made famine and causing the displacement of many thousands of people. Although the United Nations was slow to respond to the disaster in the country the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and non-governmental […]
An excursion into autobiography
This excursion into the histories of American sociology, as recalled by male scholars in autobiographical narratives, reveals the absence of women. The data are published autobiographical accounts of American sociology in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, by men, aimed at fellow sociologists. There are some parallel volumes of autobiography and oral history about American […]