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How colonial trauma still shapes our scandals today and its costs

Two women fighting. [File, Standard]

We live in tumultuous and treacherous times. A time when big names are linked to the most horrifying scandals, as seen in the Epstein files. A time when, closer home, videos are emerging online of people lured into all kinds of traps, including one where a foreigner allegedly recorded his prey from the time he approached them to the time they visited his den.

I have also been wrestling with the devil, to borrow an image from Ngugi wa Thiong’o (GBHS), and all I can tell you for now is that be careful who you give your phone number or your handset ostensibly to make a call.

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