By Gillian Schutte West Indian psychiatrist and decolonial philosopher, Frantz Fanon, wrote that “the Black man has no ontological resistance in the eyes of the white man.” He named a violence deeper…
Category: Body & Psychology
From Flirtation to Tribunal: The Misuse of Article 5 in the Mbenenge Case.
By: Gillian Schutte As the Judicial Conduct Tribunal against Judge President Selby Mbenenge drags on under intense public and media scrutiny, a curious and dangerous paradox has taken shape: the accused is…
Ukudlalisa Ngamazwi: Misreading Erotic Play in a Feminist Courtroom — A Trial Against African Epistemologies
By: Gillian Schutte (uMamakaKai) What unfolds in the Judicial Tribunal of Judge President Selby Mbenenge is more than a battle between accuser and accused. It is a struggle over meaning. And not…
Soul Technology -The Akashic Records.
By: Gillian Schutte WHAT ARE AKASHIC RECORDS? Contrary to the cynical approach that Akashic records are “new-age quackery”- they are in fact very much part of ancient epistemology recorded in the Vedic…
Exploring Non-Dualism: Nisargadatta’s Advaita Vedanta, Western Science, and Hoffman’s Interface Theory
By: Gillian Schutte In the pursuit of understanding consciousness and the fundamental nature of reality, diverse philosophical traditions and scientific theories have emerged across cultures and continents. This article embarks on a…
Sunday thoughts on loving.
By Philomène Luyindula Lasoen It was a long time before we saw each other again. I used to travel to my mom in Congo when taking a holiday. I wrote short notes…
A guide to grief: As told from the ‘inexperience’ of the living
By Alice Mbeya As a fledgling, I had constantly been guided into knowing that there was a heaven and hell with one true God and that your place on earth and the…
Godongwana and the masseuse: The political weaponization of denying sexual assault.
By Gillian Schutte It is saddening that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has declined to prosecute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the sexual assault case against him. The statement issued by the NPA Regional…
The South African system enables the killing of Black body.
By Thesna Aston In living colour. The list of black people being murdered and brutalised grows by the minute. It’s not just by police officers and military but people behind the uniform…
The Boy Child and Gender Based Violence
In this article, I’ll be speaking on gender-based violence against black men and boys in general terms, focusing on three points: the definition of gender with regards to gender based violence, recognition and acceptance of the phenomenon of gender based violence against men and boys, and lastly, the impact of race on the recognition of black men and boys as victims of violence.