Africa – Becoming The Muse

Awards and Challenges

Of Ending WinterABC

Ciao WinterABC I never say goodbye, goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting… June is ending and so is the #WinterABC a challenge by Afrobloggers; to blog every…

Of Musical Chairs With African President(s)

17 Jun 202017 Jun 2020

You know the game called musical chairs, where people dance around a set of chairs and then when the music stops, you have to find a chair to sit... This…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Real Bloggers Of Zimbabwe

9 Jun 20209 Jun 2020

I have been blogging for a fair bit of time and back when I started it seemed like there were a lot less local and continental African bloggers or maybe…

Of Devil On The Cross Book Review

6 Jun 20206 Jun 2020

Devil On The Cross Devil On The Cross is a book written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o a renowned Kenyan novelist. First published in 1980 in the Gĩkũyũ language under the title…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Tales Of Afrika

Tales Of Afrika My grandfather was the wisest person I knew, he is gone now and so is all the mysteries he knew… I struggle to remember some of the…

Of Jah Prayzah’s Kwayedza Lyrics And Translation

28 May 202029 May 2020

Kwayedza is the 15th track on Jah Prayzah’s album Hokoyo. Kwayedza means Dawn or Sunrise. This track opens with a distinctive mbira instrumental and you can almost feel it lull…

CombieDiaries…

Of Coffee With Africa day And Cultural Week

If you were having coffee with me, I would be happy to have you over since I am one cool guy. For real, I am a cool guy, this shop…

Of Scales And Mirrors

16 May 202016 May 2020

Guest Post OF SCALES AND MIRRORS First of all “Mama I made it!” Ok let me get it together, if you were to come have coffee with me, Mary, it means…

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…