At a certain point in your life there will appear to be a general theme of things coming up again and again. Something you heard in the conversation with the cashier will reproduce itself in the day’s column from your favourite newspaper, and then show up again in that WhatsApp group you’ve muted for months. Your favourite radio anchor will discuss the same topic that happened to jump at you from your bubble gum wrapper.
What is repeated is important, so listen.
Zama Moyo lives in Johannesburg. He completed his honours in international relations at Wits University. While busy with his honours, Zama was selected as an intern at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). He completed his MA in ideology and discourse analysis at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Zama has always loved words and penned a number of reflective essays on his personal blog Thought Box. He has also written on a broad range of issues related to current affairs. In 2013 he was selected as a finalist in the Global Human Rights Essay Contest which focused on ‘Human Rights Cities’. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis – On the intersection of ethics and public policy – at the University of Pretoria.
