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From Pretoria to New Delhi: Behind the Jewelry of Pieter Erasmus

From Pretoria to New Delhi: Behind the Jewelry of Pieter Erasmus(0)

September 3, 2009

St. Erasmus’s New Delhi workshop sits on a narrow road with missing sections of blacktop. SIPA alumnus Yoyce Jones interviews South African-born jewelry designer Pieter Erasmus about apartheid, arts and crafts, and how it felt to see Michelle Obama wearing one of his creations.

From Pretoria to New Delhi: Behind the Jewelry of Pieter Erasmus
Save Darfur

Save Darfur

The International Criminal Court’s recent fumbled attempt to try Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the latest addition to a series of reasons why an ICC indictment of Sudanese president Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir would be unwise.

From South Africa to the Holy Land, Resisting Apartheid

From South Africa to the Holy Land, Resisting Apartheid

By Betsy YoonMIA 2010

Palestinian-American lawyer Diana Buttu and South African Reverend Eddie Makue spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday, November 12 about apartheid. The pair are on a national speaking tour organized by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Interfaith Peace Builders.
Meera Shah, co-chair of Qanun, said, “Our purpose in hosting [...]