East Africa – Rainer Ebert

Sio Kitu: Kuanzisha mazungumzo ya falsafa ya haki za wanyama kwa Kiswahili

Namna tunavyowatendea wanyama inaonyesha kwa kiasi kikubwa utu wetu. Wanyama hawawezi kuzungumza lugha zetu, lakini wana uwezo wa kuhisi. Wanahisi maumivu, hofu, furaha na faraja—kama sisi. Wanathamini maisha yao, kama sisi tunavyothamini yetu.

Hata hivyo, kila siku wanyama wengi wanateseka. Katika mashamba, maabara, na shughuli za burudani mbalimbali, mara nyingi wanachukuliwa kama vitu tu—vitu vya kutumiwa, kudhibitiwa au kutupwa.

Ni kwa sababu hii kwamba tumeanzisha Sio Kitu.

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Bangladesh, Society, Tanzania

For the love of postcards

Before Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Twitter, there was the postcard. Many young people have never sent one to anyone. Communication today is mostly instant, and mail is derogatorily called “snail mail” by the digital crowd. Since the world’s first picture postcard was sent to London-based writer Theodore Hook in 1840, the postcard has enjoyed much popularity as a means to share images and thoughts across regions and cultures. In recent times, that popularity has rapidly declined, mostly due to the rise of mobile phones and social media. Sending a postcard takes more time and effort than sending an email, or a message on social media, which makes postcards even more meaningful now than they were when there was no instant alternative.

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Human Rights, LGBT rights, Society, Tanzania

Kile Unapaswa Kujua Kuhusu Mapenzi ya Jinsia Moja

Bonyeza hapa kupata mahojiano na mwanamme shoga na mwanamke msagaji kutoka Tanzania. Bofya hapa kujifunza zaidi kuhusu jinsia.

Mwelekeo wa kimapenzi ni nini?

Mwelekeo wa kimapenzi humaanisha muundo wa kudumu wa kimhemko, kimahaba, na/au mivuto ya kimapenzi kwa wanaume, wanawake, au jinsia zote. Mwelekeo wa kimapenzi unaweza kuwa wa toka kuvutiwa na jinsia tofauti tu hadi kuvutiwa na jinsia moja tu. Japokuwa, mwelekeo wa kimapenzi kwa kawaida hujadiliwa katika makundi matatu: mpenda jinsia tofauti (kuwa na mvuto kwa wahusika wa jinsia nyingine), shoga/msagaji (mwanaume anayevutiwa na wanaume/mwanamke anayevutiwa na wanawake), na mpenda jinsia mbili (mwanaume au mwanamke anayevutiwa na jinsia zote mbili; “bisexual”).

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