Fashioning Modern Africanism

             L esbian           G ay         B isexual           T ransgender           I ntersex Hello babies! its been a minute. Hope y'all are majabs ( majabajaba) hehehe remind me later to tell you more about majabs. A few weeks back a close friend of mine was invited to a mother's day event which was supposed to happen on Saturday the 13th of May but due to other reasons the event was cancelled. We were so excited and happy because my friend's speech was prepared by yours truly here. I prepared a speech for my dear friend to address mothers about issues that their children deals with on a daily basis especially the LGBTI community. Just like raising any normal child, as parent you're able to pick up the signs and attributes that identifies your child as either gay, bisexual or transgender. As part of the LGBTI community it was very important for me to also prepare a brochure to hand out to the mothers that were going to attend the event. As always, I t

I was at work, round about tea time as I usually take coffee while listening to my daily dose of 10 o'clock on the popular commercial station in Mzansi. There was a banger hit single of the long anticipated #Rhis what was suppose to be #R8 and I was jamming to the airwaves in my earphones while working. Boy was I sold? and that's how I got hooked. I've always been Rihanna's fan, not only of her music but her strong personality and attitude. I love how she present herself. Rhi is one of the misunderstood pop icon, most people love to hate her because for them, its looks so cool to criticise her and it makes them feel like they belong to a certain #groupie. I went online to find out more about the album. Only to find one of my Facebook friends had shared a link to what looks like a full #Anti album and I just clicked out of curiosity. BOOM  and after a few minutes I had a full album. you should have seen the excitement on my face as I was jamming the rest of the day i

Dear Self , the world see you looking in the mirror, images of you getting much clearer. I wrote a letter just to better my soul, if I don't express it, then forever I'll hold it inside. I'm from a side where we are free spirited, expressing ourselves in the hood played fatherly role. My story, like yours got to be told. Trying to make it from a hood to a godlier role. It's never too early to face yourself in the mirror and start reflecting on yourself. Be ready for evolution. Be that change YOU want to be. Black child do not be discouraged  by the noise of the roaring lion, that's all it knows. Do not rob the world the best of you. It isn’t about how much sense you make, it is about how compelling you are. Life is too short to be bitter and angry over things that you cannot change. Black child refuse to become a victim of circumstance. 'Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.' Diversity is an aspect of human existence t

Dear Fellas I just want to thank God, to God be the glory. Today is the day of salvation. I made a promise to someone that I need to keep. I surrender all to the mighty one. I hope you all are in the best of healthy spirit. As for me, lol what could I say, I guess God has a sense of humour. So much has happened over these last couple of months, it’s been crazy but all to the good though, you know. It’s a new season, oh yeah. Man God is been so good to me sometimes I can’t even understand, and after all I did throughout my life, he never gave up on me. If that isn’t love, I don’t know what is. God is good and he is faithful. All I’m trying to say is, God doesn’t care about what you’ve done in the past, what you in the middle of right now. He just want you to come as you are, no matter how ugly you think your life is. The bible says “what causes a man to gain the whole world, then lose his soul” ok babies I love you like Sunday mornings. I just don’t want you to lose you

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The biggest thing that has happened to me in my life is growing up to know what I want in life and to differentiate the good and not so good for me. I learn from my trials and tribulations and most of the time, I’ve learned to forgive myself and others. Everything I do is connected to real issues that women and men like me go through, sometimes life can be emotionally draining but it’s fulfilling. it gives me closure almost. I think that strength is not beating myself up all the time and say okay; I’m beautiful some of the time. It’s a sense of vulnerability, I don’t mean letting someone walk all over me and beat me up or cheat on me. I mean surrendering to myself, so that I can have some freedom from myself. So no one can take away how I feel about myself. That’s the vulnerability I’m talking about. I have realised my own power and realised I had power but as a human being, through my life I touched people that I had no idea it was so much deeper. I mean, people look at m

I once was a child, life was full of joy and happy moments. Growing up was never easy, living in the world surrounded by people with opinions, perceptions and experiences. Dreaming and making wishes that I prayed to God to align with his plans for my life. I was a child full of love, dreams and bright future. At this point and time, looking back at my life as a child; I can proudly say it was a long journey with ups and downs. I don’t remember a day that went by without me thinking of how I want see myself accomplishing my goals and live my dreams.   Life is what we make out of ourselves regardless of obstacles and challenges that may arise. I never gave up until today; to me this day is more like a wakeup call. I’ve never felt empty like how I’m currently felling now. Everything seems to be dilapidating right under my nose but then again somebody out there looking at me from a distance may conclude that all is well with me. All