Author Archives: eugeneskeef
The Pearls of Pearl Street 29
The gift of love and human empathy
Interview with Eugene Skeef by Sandile Ngidi on the death of Mido Macia during his arrest by the South African Police Service.
Emidio Josias “Mido” Macia (c. 1985 – 26 February 2013) was a Mozambican immigrant and taxi driver who was killed in the custody of the South African Police Service. He was dragged by a police vehicle in the township of Daveyton in Gauteng, South Africa a few hours earlier. A crowd witnessed the dragging incident, one of whom filmed it. Police said Macia had caused a traffic jam and then resisted arrest.
The freelance journalist Sandile Ngidi interviewed me about this incident.
As a South African abroad, what feelings and thoughts emerged within you as you saw that brutal video image?
Living far from my country of birth for so many years has infused my life with a peculiar kind of pain. We are born to live with pain like a grain of salt in the spice of our lives, but the pain of longing lingers longer than any other…
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Eugene Skeef's Rhythm For Life - the art of rhythmic balance 