This post is a slightly longer read than the ones we usually put out. It’s a short fiction spanning the streets of East London to Western Vitilevu. Enjoy x ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. We owe Shem more. More than the measly seventeen times he is mentioned in the bible. If it weren’t for …
Was anyone really surprised that Bill 17 was passed, that Bulitavu crossed the floor or that TLTB supported the very Bill that could see their eradication? Not really. The Fiji First method of madness had been clear from the start: Put forward a half-cooked idea, get their ‘yes’ men to …
1. July 27, 2020 Vueti Raloka is ready to leave us. He doesn’t know it and neither do we until a phone call is received, a hasty trip to the hospital is made and the doctor looks at his watch to announce the time of death. The news trickles through …
Our Shared Shelf book club read is the co-winner of the 2019 prestigious Booker prize and won, amongst many others, the Orwell Prize for political fiction and was awarded the Fiction book of the year for 2020 by the British Book Awards. After reading it, we know exactly why it …
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. Lord Byron Takeovers can be quite comical if you ignore the limitations of your personal freedoms, threat to life or the indignity of the devaluation of your years of hard work. Fiji has had four, and as a millennial who has …
Could machines really take over the world? What are the implications and what does it say about our morality if we allowed this to happen?
This article is a short reflection on the Sci-fi book titled Conscious by Vic Grout and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Demosthenes wanted to lay claim to his family inheritance in court, however in 364 BC the only way to do so would be to argue his own case. He understood that his speech defect would hinder the chances of winning his petition so he practised his speaking skills by talking …
He smiled when she used “Our son” as if there was a time when Tomi wasn’t. This line is from the beautiful novel by Paulini Turagabeci and it reminds me of the lyrics in one of my favourite songs, “I was found before I was lost”, which to me is …
This Mournable Body: A Review by Tsitsi Dangarembga Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2020. This book is a sequel to the authors first acclaimed novel, Nervous Conditions, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1989. Dangaremba explores the theme of race, gender and colonialism in Zimbabwe. This Mournable Body continues …
We did this short video to promote our Talanoa session with MAUK on Tuesday 19/05. A huge thank you to everyone who helped get this done and a special mention to George Lagilagi who opened with his Ukelele and Athaliah Searell who closed with her biscuit❤️ We now have a …
