Theranos and the elitist belief in magical thinking

If an African leader stood up at a meeting of European investors and declared that his country’s agricultural success could be attributed to traditional muthi, he would be regarded with an embarrassed sigh.

A lament for the author

‘I’ve got a book out,’ says me hopefully, my hands twisted on the keyboard.

The summer of '99

I remember what it was like being a student after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Communism, the release of Nelson Mandela, and the ignominious end of Apartheid.