Capturing a significant event in Africa’s history is Yusuf O. Kassam’s poem titled, Maji Maji and remorsefully described from the painful recollections of an old man. A common mistake is to interpret the message by restricting it to history, to Tanzania (or Tanganyika as was called), to the seeming ridiculousness of religion, or the absurdity of primitive African war methods. However, the lessons and messages expressed traverse decades, race, borders, time, and relate to even the minutest aspects of daily human interactions regardless of what societies we live in. Continue reading Commentary on Yusuf O. Kassam’s MAJI MAJI poem in Relation to Today
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MATERNAL DEATH by Alice Chintokoma from Zimbabwe
On a second’s glance of Hope’s latest sigh
Rapid breath
Raised pulse high
A heart,
Passion Continue reading MATERNAL DEATH by Alice Chintokoma from Zimbabwe
SECRET GARDEN by Hasheem Deza from Malawi
I grieve and mourn, where my secret garden lies
Or my dull heart bereaves the fairer rose
One once brown at last dies
Like a ripen apple on its tree falls
It is no more, was once but no more Continue reading SECRET GARDEN by Hasheem Deza from Malawi
BEAUTY TIPS THAT WORK: FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
Being beautiful does not start with looks, make-up, clothing, or Photoshop. It has nothing to do with societal approval and what who thinks or doesn’t think. It has nothing to do with celebrities and 3, 6 packs or whatever other packs there might be. Outer beauty fades with time because it is only skin deep. The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines beauty as the “combination of qualities that give pleasure to the senses (esp to the eye or ear) or to the mind”. In this article we are going to focus about you, not those around you, just you, and how confidence in yourself can do wonders for your beauty. Continue reading BEAUTY TIPS THAT WORK: FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF
