"If no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger."
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Sojourner. Questioner. Creator. . “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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Added to that, the reach of The 700 Club beyond the US.
Zimbabwe of the 1990s flighted that show religiously (no pun intended).
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Pat Roberston, a conservative Christian who hosted The 700 Club on TV and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in the US, has died aged 93 aje.io/k25pl6
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“Sensitive people are wired to process information more deeply. That includes sensory input (noticing the texture of a fabric), emotional input (reading social cues), and ideas (thinking things through and making more connections between concepts).”
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Hiiii I wrote a really weird afro-surreal/magical realism book that only a specific kind of person would like.
Help me find those people!
Here’s a thread of books, TV shows, and movies that, if you enjoyed, you’d prob like my book ✨💕
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Preston Mutanga, 14, created a shot-for-shot version of the “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” trailer with animated Lego characters. The film’s producers liked it so much they asked him to work on the movie.
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#Feminist #Opportunity Alert:
@amwaafrika under the auspices of @WeAreVCA are calling for proposals from African based creative feminist organizations and collectives to partner in developing innovative advocacy knowledge products.
Learn more: akinamamawaafrika.org/call-for-propo
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Have you written a PhD on Zimbabwean politics? #land #elections #planning #labour #mining Send me a link to your thesis or abstract and I’ll add it here:
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New podcast episode: How might we think of #digitalstorytelling as a new borderless trade for Africa? And what opportunities did the COVID pandemic bring with it for this?
Have a listen for more. Also, follow for more digital insights.
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Colombia to offer Swahili lessons in schools in nod to African heritage
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Dr Alex Magaisa helped me appeal against visa decisions. He was my ligation friend in a complex case that involved Barclays and the Ombudsman. RIP Musaigwa
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Dr Magaisa once helped me draft legal letters , pro bono, to a big news media company that had abused my photos. I was hesitant to take the matter forward but he encouraged that a legal route was necessary. It took a while but they eventually paid me out. africasacountry.com/2022/06/the-in
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Our June book is here! Last year we read Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu's Theory of Flight and we loved this astounding Zimbabwean author's work. So when Quality is Mercy came out, it had to go on our reading list!
Our friends at have copies, you don't want to miss it!
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I was just having a look at the back and forths and drafts I put together. It was work.
May we always remember the good that people have done for us.
May he continue to rest.
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Dr Magaisa once helped me draft legal letters , pro bono, to a big news media company that had abused my photos. I was hesitant to take the matter forward but he encouraged that a legal route was necessary. It took a while but they eventually paid me out.
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Thank you for the beautiful piece & for reminding us of her powerful writing.
"My brother, I have been to a land where they treat animals like human beings and some human beings like animals, because they are not dumb enough."
From ‘Our Sister Killjoy’ by Ama Ata Aidoo
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful 
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absolutely in love with Our Sister Killjoy, I read it in one sitting 🤭
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful
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‘s reflection on the beautiful memories shared with our beloved Ama Ata Aidoo is a soothing balm to read.
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Remember her !
Rest In Power 💜💪🏾
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful
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"A willingness to challenge norms and speak back to them. Her voice and demeanour are small and gentle, but her words are – in no ways – small at all. Gentle, yes. But very clearly political."
We honor Ama Ata Aidoo.
Great piece from
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“What strikes me about her in that moment is that she embodies everything that I have looked up to in her work. Outspokenness. Determination. A willingness to challenge norms and speak back to them. Her voice and demeanour are small and gentle, but her words are – in no ways –… Show more
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful
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"Outspokenness.Determination. A willingness to challenge norms and speak back to them.Her voice & demeanour are small and gentle,but her words are–in no ways–small at all. Gentle, yes. But very clearly political." What a beautiful tribute
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"And so I become more grateful for these matriarchs. These soft-spoken outspoken women who continue to speak, even as they are weary and hoarse with the same declarations of their autonomy and power, and the autonomy and power of us, their daughters."
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I am thankful
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"And so I become more grateful for these matriarchs. These soft-spoken outspoken women who continue to speak, even as they are weary and hoarse with the same declarations of their autonomy and power, and the autonomy and power of us, their daughters..." 🥺
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful
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I wrote this for Ama Ata Aidoo. And for the many other voices a generation removed from me who have constantly stood up and spoken up.
I am thankful 🙏🏾
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How we basked in the company of Ama Ata Aidoo. How we glowed. How we knew we were loved.
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This was in Ghana for the Women Writer's Conference! She threw aside her walking stick and started to dance. I can see myself in the background, I was playing the music! I remember that night fondly and well.
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She was so casual about speaking up and I will never forget it. She embodied what I had looked up to in her in that moment. Outspokenness and determination. Fierceness. And softness, for I think she still managed to call this confused waiter ‘my son’.
May she travel well 🙏🏾✨
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We had a dinner together with others one evening. And when the waiter offered us drinks, he omitted all the alcoholic drinks. She boldly asked, “Would you not offer us wine if we had men here?”
This waiter, maybe in his 20s, was bewildered by this outspoken women over 70.
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Journey in grace, mamalove. Please remember us. ❤️
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I am shattered. Ama Ata Aidoo was a touring presence. Her book ‘Our Sister Killjoy’ changed so much for me.
I had the great privilege to meet her. This is a photo I took of her one evening we went out dancing. This is how I will remember her.
The absolute life of the party 
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She lived in Zimbabwe in the 1980s, working with the new government as a curriculum developer. This was my meeting her for the first time. When she found out where I was from, she was so ecstatic. So curious about what was happening in Zimbabwe. She naturally became Aunty Ama ✨
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I am shattered. Ama Ata Aidoo was a touring presence. Her book ‘Our Sister Killjoy’ changed so much for me.
I had the great privilege to meet her. This is a photo I took of her one evening we went out dancing. This is how I will remember her.
The absolute life of the party ✨
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We are saddened to hear about the passing of the great Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian author, poet, playwright academic.
Over the seven decades of her career, Aidoo published award-winning novels, plays, short stories, & poetry & influenced generations of African women writers.
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'People Put Borders in Their Hearts, That's Where Xenophobia Comes From' : allafrica.com/stories/202305 #SouthAfrica
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MUSA MOTHA
(Ability In Disability)
Warning: This video will leave you in tears!
- He was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of 10.
- He had his left leg amputated from the hip at the age of 11.
- He learned how to play football and dance with one leg.
- He made history at… Show more
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For this week’s Music Issue, The New Yorker produced its first-ever synesthetic cover: “The Music of Art,” illustrated by Masha Titova and brought to life by some of our musically inclined staff members. Try your hand at the playable score:
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My Soft Machine is finally out. I’m giddy, I’m crying, I’m grinning, I’m throwing myself around this apartment, I’m on fire, I’m terrified, I’m feeling everything right now. Thank you to my dear friends who made this with me and who loved me whilst I was making it.
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Happy Birthday to Gladys Knight. Born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia! 💫 She sings my favorite song of all time “Midnight Train to Georgia”
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Got a reminder of how fickle and fleeting this life is while researching online COVID movements earlier this week.
A very sobering reminder that nothing here is promised. Both of these people are now deceased.
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Originally “umwe wangu” -my friend/colleague, short-“wangu”. It’s a great endearment esp when proffering advice/expressing goodwill! Ntu languages use various versions of it. It’s close to “mfowethu”-Ndebele/Zulu(my/our brother), “anzathu/anzanga” -Chewa (our/my friend/colleague)
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