Global Commons

Global Commons is a new online literary and news publication uplifting student voices and ideas on issues related to sustainability and climate, inequalities, human rights, global justice, global public health, arts and society, and liberal arts and sciences.

Topics

The submissions for the Spring Issue are categorized into seven themes.

FALL ISSUE '22

OSUN Universities Represented

OSUN THEMES REPRESENTATION

The African Identity

We are the beating drums of a tribe. The smoke that rises with celebratory fires. We are black unkempt hair, roots that meander like our rivers. We are the beads on our necklaces, the animal skin on our instruments.

Césaire’s Boomerang Effect on the Streets of Berlin

I took part in the anti-colonial tour of the city offered by Revolutionary Berlin within the framework of Bard College Berlin’s class African Narratives of Migration (fall 2020) taught by Fatin Abbas.

Why Green Energy might not be the best option

Nowadays green energy is regarded as the most modern, most sustainable, and the most suitable energy source. The green lobby in Western countries is so strong that sometimes both the people and the media forget the price of such energy.

Human Rights in Afghanistan: Theory, Practice, Future

The Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15th, 2021, changed the human rights rhetoric in Afghanistan. While previously the discourse revolved around “promoting” human rights

Equality or Equity

One evening after coming from my university, I heard my mother talking with our maids. She was giving them their Eid dress as Eid was knocking at the door.

About

We welcome student-generated submissions in any genre, including research-based, journalistic, or expository academic work, and creative work, including personal narrative, fiction, poetry or other art and media including sound files, photo essays, or visual art