Words don’t land softly. Not here. In Zimbabwe—and in many African communities—what you call disability is never just a description. It comes wrapped in history and belief: the legacy of colonial schooling and mission hospitals, family and customary expectations, church teachings, economic stress, and the everyday “people talk” of places where everyone knows your surname, […]

Every November, a sea of new moustaches sprouts on faces worldwide. What began as a conversation over a few beers in Melbourne has grown into a global movement, with Movember championing men’s health issues like prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health suicides. The iconic ‘Mo’ becomes a walking, talking billboard for breaking the silence. […]

. We often see them as separate worlds, discussed in different rooms with different experts. On one side, the struggle with addiction. On the other, the experience of living with a disability. But what if these two challenges are not just neighbors, but deeply intertwined, each one capable of locking the other into a vicious […]