“This is Abdullah, 14 years old, and this is Najwa, just two years old,” one man said in anguish as he introduced his dead relatives. “The world celebrates the birthdays of its children, and we celebrate their deaths.”

Novelist Lauren Francis-Sharma witnessed South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings as a young law intern. Now she’s written a thriller about what she saw.

States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” –Desmond Tutu *  Washington, D.C., 2018 Swollen nuggets of ice fell from the August sky as if to announce summer’s refusal to …

In the psychological thriller “Casualties of Truth,” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, a woman and a country are both forced to face the harrowing violence that has shaped them.

In 1996, I lived in South Africa and bore witness to testimony given during the Truth and Reconciliation’s Amnesty Hearings. I was a law student interning at a local law firm and took copious notes…

Set in South Africa and Washington, D.C., the novel probes the aftermath of violence

The country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, backed down after a clash with President Trump, which started when Mr. Petro turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees.

From the author of Book of the Little Axe, nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed ‘Til the Well Runs Dry, a riveting literary novel with the sharp edges of a thril...

Podcast Episode · The Stacks · 01/20/2025 · Bonus · 1h 6m