The Sleeping Guard
A guard sleeps besides a police hut along the Uganda-DR Congo border near Bwera.
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Fetching Water
A woman carries a bucket of water in Lugari, Kenya.
Gated Communities in Africa
SUBURBAN FEAR, MEDIA AND GATED COMMUNITIES IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
By MATTHEW DURINGTON
A disjuncture between the reality of crime and its perception has created a culture of fear within South
Africa that bolsters gated community development and an accompanying fear industry that supports media, private security companies, and a number of other industries that [...]
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett. The play depicts the meaninglessness of life–with its repetitive plot, where nothing much happens. Here are a few quotes from Waiting for Godot.
“Let’s go. Yes, let’s go. (They do not move).”
“Nothing to be done.”
We wait. We are bored. (He throws up [...]
Night Guard
Night security guard watches over a bank entrance in Nairobi.
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