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Braids & Migraines BRAIDS & MIGRAINES by Andile Cele PP: 190 Publication Date 17th April 2025

Braids & Migraines www.hhousebooks.com/books/braids...

"Let’s say we’re at the front—
for something worth fighting for, say." —Nâzım Hikmet

Of Treesonus Thoughts They say the trees are the earth's lungs. Then each tree cut and never replaced Is like hands around the earth's neck Squeezing. And when the last tree breathes it's last So will we.

Of Treesonus Thoughts

They say the trees are the earth's lungs. Then each tree cut and never replaced Is like hands around the earth's neck Squeezing. And when the last tree breathes it's last So will we.

The Devil of the Provinces x Juan Sebastián Cárdenas, Lizzie Davis (tr) 176 pages. Published September 12, 2023 by Coffee House Press. Fiction. TL;DR I really liked this book! I’ll ponder the ending for a long while… some spoilers So, this is a crime novel. A man who’s…

A man who’s at loose ends and whose brother was murdered returns to his hometown (the “dwarf” city). He’s vaguely, kind of, looking for answers, and it feels like it’s not just about what happened to his brother. 💙📚

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Harare Review of Books, October 2024 Hi! The year’s nearly over.

Harare Review of Books, October 2024

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Homeland Edition #9 : Musanjufu Benjamin Kavubu 🇺🇬 The Sangyin Podcast · Episode

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There is no alternative to reading, you can't go around it.

The Day Of The Jackal Soundtrack Playlist · Beaton · 20 items · 1 saves

So my new weird thing is creating a playlist of music I hear when watching a TV series....
Currently watching The Day Of The Jackal
The opening song This Is Who I Am by Celeste has a James Bond vibe going on... new favourite song

Music from #TheDayOfTheJackal
open.spotify.com/playlist/1j5...

#shonareadsYourStoryHere2: Zim SF Third Place story: The Election, by Claudius Congratulations to Claudius! He wins a selection of books from Carnelian Heart Publishing. Here’s The Election, with comments from judges following. I had been running late for the Elections in Lio…

Here's some Zimbabwean SF from HRB's annual competition!

#shonareadsYourStoryHere2: Zim SF Third Place story: The Election, by Claudius

1 like = 1 book I loved in 2024 📌

I watch Earth Abides for the plot....

The Plot:
Last man left on earth meets last woman on Earth
#EarthAbides

The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918. In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later gene...

The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918.

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-hidden...

Of The Kneeling Woman The Kneeling woman #vss

Of The Kneeling Woman

The Kneeling woman #vss

Fifteen Colonial Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums. Edited by Sela Adjei & Yann LeGall. 320 pages. Published August 20, 2024 by Pluto Press. Non-fiction. If many museums today pretend to have embarked on a decolonial turn in their practice and in the ways they consider their collectio…

"If many museums today pretend to have embarked on a decolonial turn in their practice and in the ways they consider their collections, it is essential to remember that ethnographic museums per se are colonial institutions."

Colonial looting’s been in…

https://hararereview.wordpress.com/2024/11/2…

YouTube video by Beaton M Cross TV Series Season 1 Review

Review of Season 1 of Cross
A crime thriller starring Aldis Hodge
Cross has already been renewed for a second season.

Have you watched this yet? Yay or Nay
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Of Cross TV Series Review of Cross a crime thriller television series based on the Alex Cross novel series written by James Patterson. Starring Aldis Hodge as Detective Alex Cross

Of Cross TV Series

Review of Cross a crime thriller television series based on the Alex Cross novel series written by James Patterson. Starring Aldis Hodge as Detective Alex Cross

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Of Flowers and Poetry Poetry would have been very interesting if roses were red and violets were orange....

Of Flowers and Poetry

Poetry would have been very interesting if roses were red and violets were orange....

Of The Taking The Taking Review The Taking is a stage play originally crafted by playwright Raisedon Baya a decade ago. As a part of the build up to this year's Intwasa Festival, The Taking has enjoyed a renewed theatrical run with sold out performances in Bulawayo and Harare. The production is a creative reconstruction of Zimbabwe’s history and storytelling narrative centred on the land issue, from colonial occupation, independence through to the land invasion known as the…

Of The Taking

The Taking Review The Taking is a stage play originally crafted by playwright Raisedon Baya a decade ago. As a part of the build up to this year's Intwasa Festival, The Taking has enjoyed a renewed theatrical run with sold out performances in Bulawayo and Harare. The production is a…

So many things in drafts 😵‍💫

Flyer for online interview of Tsitsi Dangarembga, award-winning author about her book “nervous conditions”. It’s on Thursday 5th December at 6pm GMT. Tickets are free.

I’ll be interviewing Tsitsi Dangarembga online regarding her book “Nervous Conditions”, the first Black Woman Zimbabwean book published in English! 🇿🇼

It’s a coming of age story set in Rhodesia.

Get the book and book a space!

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FREE Ticket 🎟️: www.lafiyahealth.co.uk/event-detail...

African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature Winners Unveiled - JAY Lit On Saturday, the 26th of October, the winners of the 2024 African Writers Awards (AWA) were announced. The AWA comprises the African Teen Writers Awards for poetry and prose, African Writers Awards…

African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature Winners Unveiled - JAY Lit

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LitFest Harare International Literature Festival 2024 starts November 27 LitFest Harare International Literature Festival 2024, with the theme “Stories – The Measure of Life,” runs in the Zimbabwean capital from November 27 – 30, 2024.

LitFest: Harare International Literature Festival 2024 starts November 27

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

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