Yash Tandon

By way of introduction

A common narrative about the genocide in Rwanda is that between 7 April and 15 July 1994, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsis were killed. [1] Following this, a Tutsi group, led by the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), killed over 100,000 Hutus, but also thousands of Tutsis.

A brief narrative on Sudan’s coup

Introduction: On “revolutionary ruptures” and “contradictions”

Introduction

I started this piece as a review of the book, but enlarged it to address a couple of important issues arising out of it. 

Rhyming along the sound of guitar

Cascades my ode to Comrade Samir

You have left us, Dear Samir, but your spirit remains

Whilst I do my yogic meditation to ancient gods

Next to me I see you musing in revolutionary study

Uganda’s experience since independence

Introduction

Imagine President Trump of the United States of America meeting with Uganda’s President Museveni on terms laid out by Museveni!

The play in Oxford celebrating Jayaben Desai

Introduction

Beginning 17 November 2016, soon after US presidential elections, I wrote a series of six weekly articles for Pambazuka News on my reflections on the US elections. [[i]] In the first issue I said: