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Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? That is the writing prompt that greeted me when I started working on this piece. I have been in a state of reflection for the past few weeks as I pondered on how the year went for me. It’s amazing how today is the last day of 2022 and that tomorrow we start a new … Continue reading End of Year Review
Hello friends welcome to Day 11 of #WinterABC2022. Today in keeping in line with the stories of awareness theme, I talk about how black history can inform us of the present day and its struggles. You can find my previous #WinterABC2022 posts here. One of the things I am grateful about when it comes to my American education is that it taught me to value … Continue reading STORIES OF AWARENESS : READ BLACK HISTORY
Hello friends, so this weekend I am playing catch up with Day 8 of #WinterABC2022. I decided to go with the prompt from African Writer’s Trust: First book that ever introduced you to African Literature. You can find my previous #WinterABC2022 posts here. I can’t remember the very first book that introduced me to African lit so I decided to write about one of the … Continue reading PURPLE HIBISCUS
Welcome to Day 7 of #WinterABC2022 and as we are about to finish the week, I decided to dive into the literature section of the continent. I plan on highlighting some books I have read over the years by African Authors. Continuing with the tradition of promoting African sources of information, today I am plugging Brittle Paper, one of the best sources for all things … Continue reading AFRICA IS A COUNTRY: A BIT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE
For day 2 of WinterABC2022 I decided to talk a bit about how Malawian languages specifically Chichewa, are slowly being erased out of our daily life. Native languages are a huge link to our history and culture but we no longer see their value as English and other global languages continue to deepen their roots in our society. You can read my first WinterABC2022 post … Continue reading A CASE FOR OUR NATIVE LANGUAGES
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