Africa – Becoming The Muse

Of Coffee With Aušrinė

19 Mar 202020 Mar 2020

If you were having coffee with me… You could join in on a coffee chat with a travelling artist; painter, interior decorator and muralist on a quest to leave meaningful art…

Defining Moments…

Of Africa Being Africa

5 Mar 20206 Mar 2020

The word Alkebulan has been stuck in my head after I came across Don Dada’s recent album Alkebulan According to some texts Alkebulan is Arabic for “Land of the Blacks”…

Of Don Dada’s Alkebulan

3 Mar 202019 Mar 2020

Menelik Nesta Gibbons also known as Don Dada is a Zimbabwean born South African citizen who is a multi-platinum selling reggae/hip hop artist on a quest to push convention and…

Of FreshlyGround

FreshlyGround and we not talking coffee. A throwback chat from almost 10 years ago with my favourite band... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5GzjsxGU0 B: Who Is FreshlyGround? FG: Freshlyground is a multiracial multinational band…

Of Okey Ndibe’s Arrows of Rain

4 Sep 20194 Sep 2019

Book review: Arrows Of Rain by Okey Ndibe Okey Ndibe’s debut novel Arrows of Rain was first published in June 2000 almost twenty years ago then second edition published January…

Of #WeAreFreelancers Afriblocks

Of #WeAreFreeLancers Afriblocks The internet has turned almost every interneprener into a freelancer. You create a brand of yourself and market your skillsets instead of being tied down to a…

Awards and Challenges

Of A Letter To AfroBlogers

5 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

Dear Afrobloggers When I first started blogging I struggled to find a place to belong in the blogosphere. There seemed to be very few people blogging from this side of…

Awards and Challenges

Of Africa Is A Country

We get offended when people refer to Africa as a country. Africa is not country, Africa is continent made up of 55 different countries but of course you know this…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Blogging In Africa

13 Jun 201914 Jun 2019

Blogging In Africa There’s blogging, and then there’s blogging in Africa… Connected dots on blue background In a previous post on The Internet in Africa: Availability, Affordability and Accountability, I…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Africa: The Untold Stories

12 Jun 201912 Jun 2019

The Africa You Never Read About Pick a movie any movie on a scifi, alien and doomsday tip and you will notice a very interesting trend, it would seem aliens,…

Of Coffee ON Africa Day

If you were having coffee with me, I would be happy you stopped by, and if its your first time here I would still greet you like a familiar friend,…

Of Coffee With The Cyclone Aftermath

24 Mar 201925 Mar 2019

If you were having coffee with me, I would welcome you to this tiny glimpse of my life, and we would gaze into it as a clairvoyant would into a…