One from the archives
I know it's a bit early for nostalgia, but here's a letter I wrote to the one-time lion of Africa eight years ago.
To: Zimbabwe President His Excellency Robert Mugabe
1 Feb. 2009
Dear Mr Presid...
Amazing Grace
Dear Comrade Grace,
Congratulations on achieving what nobody else has been able to in 37 years – get Robert Mugabe to stand down. This is especially remarkable at a time when it was becoming increasin...
An Open Letter To The African Union
Dear AU,
Congratulation on turning 50! You’ve come a long way without actually going anywhere.
You’ve gone through quite a few changes, too. I remember when you were the Organisation of African Unit...
An Open Letter To President Barack Obama
Dear Comrade Barack,
Yeehaa! What a week! I can hardly see, my eyes are so red and swollen from celebrating. I never imagined that so many of your people could shed their conservative carapaces and b...
A Wunch Of Bankers
Let us, for argument's sake, agree that I was having a business lunch at, say, Teazers on Tuesday.
I am speaking hypothetically, of course. I would never lower myself to indulge in something so repu...