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Michael Brian Lee is the Mail & Guardian’s US correspondent, currently based in New York.
Three dozen countries are banned from entering America in the year it is hosting the World Cup. Twenty-six of them are African. That’s half of Africa
America’s scale of its invented narratives are hard to match. Trump has normalised the idea that rhetorical bombast matters more than accuracy
The country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that…
African wildlife policy must be led by African scientists and communities, not curated for private facilities an ocean away
Hiking of visa price will keep out immigrant talent, erecting a new wall around the US
I find myself in Trump’s MAGA, which is more accurately MAWA – Make America White Again
My experience of Balinese Hinduism — the world’s most creative religion — knocked my socks off
A recent conference on the moment artificial intelligence becomes conscious gave the ultimate answer to the question of life, the universe and everything
Either way, it’s men’s job to figure out how to catch up
Focus on not only young people but also children this Youth Day and use this creativity to build success
We must ponder how we might be inspired by Africa Day to use creativity techniques in, and after, this election to create a better South Africa.
We need to adapt to create and we need to create to innovate – and it all starts with you
Everyone can benefit from embracing their creative feminine if we enable women to create
True love, if it is properly applied, can free us to transform ourselves, as well as the world around us
You’re not alone … every year far too many of us find ourselves trapped in the same cycle of broken promises to ourselves
In the maelstrom of Black Friday deals it can be fulfilling to consider the true holiday spirit, because giving is good for you
A great way to commemorate Mental Health Month is by generating creative ideas and encouraging those around you to do the same
Creativity is the ability to put old things together in new ways. We should do the same with heritage
Our quirks and dysfunctions make transformative creative breakthroughs possible far more than our fragile efficiencies
Although destruction tends to dominate headlines, we engage in thousands of acts of creation every single day
