My Guests – Becoming The Muse

Of Salon Conversations: You Too Mainini Can Be First Lady

28 Oct 202229 Oct 2022

Guest Post Woman getting twisted braids in salon says to me, "Kana nemiwo Mainini munogona kuitawo First Lady." meaning even I too can become a First Lady. I smile that…

Of The inlovetuation (i) Phone Call to God

21 Jul 202223 Jul 2022

Guest Post I used to have “God” saved in my phone and the number was 333 because “‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and…

Of Dreads: The New Formal

20 Jul 202221 Jul 2022

Guest Article Dreads: The New Formal What constitutes a formal haircut? Sometime ago there was an outroar on social media about a google search result which showed black men with…

Of Coffee With The Big Saturday Read: Tribute To Alex Magaisa

6 Jun 20226 Jun 2022

If you were having coffee with me, it would be a sombre affair, a tribute to a Zimbabwean academic, Law Lecturer at Kent University, defender of the constitution, fountain of…

Of Coffee With Sarura Kids

If you were having coffee with me, we would be catching up with Gogo Alice and the team from Sarura Kids. Sarura Kids is a channel that teaches kids (and…

Of Coffee With Scripts and Bars

3 Mar 20226 Mar 2022

If you were having coffee with me, we would be checking up with Page Poetry Alive to find out about Scripts and Bars, an exciting initiative for creatives. What is…

Of The Zimbabwean E-Passport Application Experience

27 Jan 202227 Jan 2022

*The Zimbabwean e-passport - An ordinary citizen’s experience* by Linda K Sibs As with anything that involves the Governement Of Zimbabwe one must prepare themselves to be at their gate…

Of Struggling With Parenting

14 Jan 202214 Jan 2022

Guest Article MY STRUGGLE AS A PARENT Before I start this post I would like to alert you that it is going to be centered on humour because over the…

Of Cecil Rhodes… Who Or What was He?

13 Oct 202112 Oct 2021

Guest Article Vandalised bust of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Perhaps the problem with discussions over Cecil John Rhodes is that people do not really understand who…

Of A Mother Of Angels

10 Oct 202110 Oct 2021

Guest Post TW - contains child loss A very long thread.So in 2010, I was pregnant with a boy a baby boy. He was lovely a mirror image of me…

Of Coffee With Chengetayi

23 Jul 202126 Jul 2021

If you were having coffee with me we would be having a chat with Chengetayi N. Mnisi. I first ran into her back when you could count the number of…

Of A Book Tour: Bloodstone

21 Jul 202121 Jul 2021

Guest Post Thank you so much for being part of the blog tour for Bloodstone (The Curse of Time Book 1) Beaton. AUTHOR BIO My alter ego is MJ -…