Remembering the Queen of Soul
Friday, August 24, 2018

Aretha Franklin embodied the genre of soul music PIC: THEECONOMIST.COM
At the time, I was on attachment at the Sun Newspapers in Cleveland, but also serving as a fellow at Cleveland State University. The others were students at the local private school, Case Western Reserve University.
Mandela had just been released from prison earlier that year and was on a 12-day national tour of the United States of America to thank the people of that country for supporting sanctions against the South African apartheid regime, but also to raise funds.
From Jakoba's mysterious disappearance on November 9 to the grim discovery of his remains at Mosinki Lands, a gap in the response mechanisms of the police and village leadership has been laid bare. The community's anger is evident, seen in the attack on Bakang Masole, the man found driving Jakoba's taxi and the main suspect, and the subsequent riot. Residents express discontent, citing a troubling trend of missing persons cases often...