In Prashad's own words, “I'm a marxist. I'm a communist. I believe in women's emancipation. I believe in gay rights. I believe in everything good, decent, and sensitive in the world.”
History is no stranger to the idea that a single match can light a roaring fire. The people of eSwatini, one of the world’s 12 remaining absolute monarchies, have reminded the world of just that.
Which is more jarring: a domineering statue of a man known as the face of colonialism in Southern Africa, or a broader host of houses, dormitories, professorships, streets, and towns punctuating Harvard’s campus?
