I’m sure most of you heard the news in 2011 that the world’s population has surpassed 7,000,000,000 people. What this means, is that there are a lot of us walking around on planet earth. Not [...]
Feb 022012
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Aug 032011
Tongues of fire lick up the walls of a home. Soaring wails of on-lookers shatters the air, while brave ones work in vain to douse the frenzied leaps of emboldened flames. A cloud of [...]
Jun 232011
During one of my many journeys around the internet, I came across the article below. The article is a bit dated but I feel the issues it raises/addresses, are still relevant in 2011 as they [...]
May 202011
We may not get remembered for the big things we do. Or those picture perfect moments we skillfully orchestrate for our watching audience. It is truly those little stuff in between. Kind words spoken at [...]
Apr 272011
My child, how I wish we could talk. It has been so long I heard your voice. I miss our quiet times together. I hear you crying in the middle of the night when [...]
Apr 172011
Joyful Hearts Twinkling Eyes Bending Knees Gyrating Hips Tapping Feet Bobbing Heads Singing Tongues Flexing Backs
Apr 122011
There is a twinkle in your eye girl. It is making your face shine bright too. As you strut by working those heels I have to say there is something so new and special about [...]
Mar 272011
A haggard looking young man opens the door to his ‘face me I face you’ room. He shuffles inside, flinging a polythene bag on the rickety table. Pain flashes across his face as he sits [...]
Mar 232011
I am that elegant rosebud slowly unfolding in the sun. The tropical flower embracing life’s warmth with quivering petals. I am the spunky nightingale who got her silky voice back. The jolly finch bellowing out [...]
Mar 152011
“What is going on here?” the Encyclopedia Britannica shouted in shocked tones. “Such noise and within these hallowed walls too.” “Well,” bellowed the Book of A Thousand Proverbs. “We are just debating on how to [...]
Mar 092011
This is no curse by the crossed-eyed old woman with one tooth living in your father’s village Nor is it an illness that the virgin blood of a young girl just starting to live [...]
Feb 272011
In a large luxurious room, far removed from the chaos and turmoil painting our nation’s soil red with freshly spilled blood, sat the absent relaxed leaders of the various fighting sections.
Feb 262011
Women of Africa, please listen up with pride.
Who ever said that beauty has a standard
has never seen an African Violet in full bloom.
Our palms may not be soft and smooth
as whipped butter but they testify to our
daily labour of love for our own and others.
Feb 252011
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Feb 212011
If it takes a village to raise a child,
I have always wondered about the
kind of child a village of sycophants
would join hands to raise.
For only the other day, I saw a horse riding a man.
Feb 152011
My crown has fallen-my head is bare. I lay on the ground, vulnerable to the stares and jeers of the human vultures that circle around my home. But alas, my brave protector is gone. My [...]