FROM THE EDITOR What does “empowerment” mean to you? This issue we explore what has become a ubiquitous yet still elusive term through the lenses of design, architecture, culture, travel and personal history. While brainstorming content, questions kept cropping up around the subject of power: Who gets to create our world? Who gets the credit? And is it possible to reclaim power?
Which brings me to our extraordinary cover star, Candice Mama. This author, broadcaster and activist empowered herself by facing – and, amazingly, forgiving – the man who, as a tool of the state in apartheid South Africa, murdered her father. Now, she's channelling her resilience and empathy into helping others through her new leadership role at AIME, a systems design organisation based here and doing good in more…
