Boris Niyonzima, Author at The Emory Wheel

Emory Students, Take Care of Yourselves

Posted by Boris Niyonzima | Sep 17, 2019

Content Warning: This op-ed discusses issues of self-harm and suicide. I started writing this...

Covington Catholic Students and the Heritage of White Supremacy

Posted by Boris Niyonzima | Feb 2, 2019

On May 28, 1963, a group of black college students staged a sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Jackson, Miss., during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The students sat in silence until noon, when Central High...

‘Black Panther:’ The Birth of a Nation

Posted by Boris Niyonzima | Feb 14, 2018

Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is a celebration, a masterclass in world-building and a fever dream steeped in blackness. Marvel Studios has delivered on the enormous anticipation behind a film that is expected to explode at the...

CDC Debacle Reveals Pattern of Irresponsible Appointees

Posted by Boris Niyonzima | Feb 7, 2018

“I think we are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point,” Walter Shaub Jr. declared of the...

This Season’s Best Podcast Picks

Posted by Boris Niyonzima | Nov 1, 2017

The way I became a podcast expert is simple: I developed an addiction. In the Nov. 1, 2017 issue of The Emory Wheel, I admit to the world that I listen to more than 30 podcasts regularly (I have a problem). I listen to podcasts...