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In her article, “The thirtieth anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings: Reading the shadow in Sam Nzima’s iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson”, Ruth Simbao raises the question “of what happens to an emblematic image of protest as the climate of resistance shifts and as a homogenous history is conscientiously pried apart”?
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I started writing this post last August, a year after my mum passed away and it is now a year since my dad’s passing. It is surreal to reflect and write when you always think that people will live forever. It has taken me some time to appreciate that they do. This post is dedicated to so many friends and family who have lost loved ones particularly in the last year, and not just from this awful pandemic.
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Yousuf Mahomed Ismail (Joe) Bulbulia passed away at 10:40 pm on Saturday 22nd August aged 67. This post provides a brief biography, tributes from friends and family, a gallery of pictures collected and access to a recording of his memorial. It is dedicated in memory of Joe who will sadly be missed by his family and many friends across the world.
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Dedicated to Amina Yakoob Laher (10 May 1911 – 20 Jan 2005), her son Ismail Laher (10 Sep 1949 – ) and his wife Salma Patel (20 Jan 1959 – 3 Jul 2021) and all those suffering the ignominy of old age.
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