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End of Year Review
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…
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STORIES OF AWARENESS : READ BLACK HISTORY
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…
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PURPLE HIBISCUS
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…
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AFRICA IS A COUNTRY: A BIT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE
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…
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A CASE FOR OUR NATIVE LANGUAGES
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…