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Poem for the Commonwealth 2018 by Karlo Mila
We gather here and feel the weight of the world on our shoulders. It does not feel like we’ve inherited commonwealth. But rather common ...
So Many Islands: an anthology of stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans
Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, writes in his introduction to So Many Islands that the collection represents ‘real ...
The spirit of solidarity at the Commonwealth People’s Forum 2018
Ben Okri, renowned writer and poet will kick off three days of the Commownealth People’s Forum 2018. Citizens are, he says, living ...
The power of stories at the Commonwealth People’s Forum 2018
Gaiutra Bahadur’s essay in We Mark Your Memory, a forthcoming anthology of writing by descendants of indenture, segues from Britain’s ...
The inaugural Festival of Commonwealth Film
Something amazing happens when I watch a film. I sit down, it begins, and if it’s any good, I’m transported to another ...
25 Notes on Becoming by Boluwatife Afolabi
I I write to tell you that the walls of my bones are made of contention and I am always situated between desires that threaten […]
Message for Commonwealth Day 2018
This year the Commonwealth’s theme is ‘Towards a Common Future.’ It’s an aspiration which many would subscribe to; what distinguishes ...
Celebrating So Many Islands
On 2 February 2018, 45 people gathered at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Bookshop to celebrate the arrival of the ...
Citizen-generated data for a change
‘Citizen-generated and evidence-based data’ are terms we hear more and more about in the discourse around monitoring and accountability ...
Improving the advocacy landscape for gender equality in East Africa
I had always heard about Gender Links but had never had close interaction with the organization or staff. My organisation, The Eastern ...