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Enhancing the role of fathers

by admin | Mar 26, 2014 | Africa, Fathers, Maternity, Men, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Writing

First published in Viewpoint, March 2014 Issue of the Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand. Reference as: DeSouza, Ruth. (2014). Enhancing the role of fathers. Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, 20(2), 26-27 (download 3.2 MB pdf DeSouza Migrant Dads). Mkono mmoja haulei mwana....

A level playing field? Sport and racism

by admin | Apr 17, 2012 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Inequalities, Migration, Multiculturalism, Power relations, Racism

At the weekend it was my parents’ wedding anniversary. They got married in Dar es Salaam and one of the distinguishing features of their wedding was the hockey stick “guard of honour” that their friends created for them outside the church after the...

Celebrating African women in Aotearoa New Zealand

by admin | Mar 31, 2012 | Africa, Multiculturalism, Women, Writing

I was honoured to be invited by the African Community Forum Incorporated to attend and speak at an event on March 10th 2012 to celebrate International Women’s Day. I have written elsewhere about my links with East Africa. Briefly, I was born in Tabora Tanzania...

When helping does not help: Invisible children and colonialism

by admin | Mar 10, 2012 | Africa, Colonialism, Nursing, Power relations, Writing

In almost thirty years of being a nurse I’ve learned that what one person thinks is helpful can be coercive to another. “Help” is complex, raising questions such as: how has the helper negotiated the relationship? Does the helper understand the problem? Do the people...

All of me meets here, an alchemy of parts – Negotiating my identities in New Zealand

by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Migration, Writing

Originally published in:  DeSouza, R. (2011). ‘All of me meets here, an alchemy of parts’ – Negotiating my identities in New Zealand. In P. Voci & J. Leckie (Eds.), Localizing Asia in Aotearoa (pp. 231-245). Wellington: Dunmore Publishing. He could not see that i...

Are we there yet?

by admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Africa, Colonialism, Goa, Indians, Migration, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Writing

This piece was originally published at Tangatawhenua.com http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/14051 On October 3rd 2011 as part of the series: Are we there yet? These articles are being written as a prelude to the election in November, and focus on the ‘wish list’...
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