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Bold, Witty, Beautiful

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#Dezemba

Can’t *wait* to share Round Two goodies with you! But for now, rest up, see you on the other side 😊😬😉 P. S. THANK YOU so much for all the support! ❤️

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#BobbiesTake "As real as the policing of women's bodies is in South Africa, and the world, it is possible for women to think of themselves - of ourselves - differently. It is important that a critique of power not end with reaction, but that it goes further to imagine something new, more exciting, more pleasurable. Picture what we can *create* if we dare give ourselves permission to imagine freely." ~ Prof Pumla Gqola, "A Renegade Called Simphiwe" Happy birthday Prof!

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#BrainFeed

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#BobbiesTake

I woke up today prepared to face the world and all the goodness it had to offer. I should have known- good times are always a sign that a life lesson is coming.

As I’m sure you’ve guessed- life happened. In my distraction at work the day before, I made an error on a campaign multiplying the budget by 100 because I forgot a comma. R150 morphed into R15 000 fast!. Can you imagine how heated I feel?

Anyway skip frustration and anxiety because this isn’t actually my money and there’s nothing I can do about it. Meh!

Here’s the lesson: Focus. If 3 minutes of distraction can cause a R14 000+ loss, then how much is distraction costing you daily? Uzoyothola kanjani uhlel’ekoneni?

Bella

[blackonwhitestory]

#BrainFeed

We have loved and followed Tambudzai's story since Tsitsi Dangarembga’s first offering, "Nervous Conditions". 

"Chronicle of an Indomitable Daughter", the third in the "Tambudzai trilogy", is to be released soon. We can hardly wait!

Read an excerpt here: http://bit.ly/1jflpmj

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#PopFix Happy International Headwrap Day! Photo: Drew Soglo ❤

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#BobbiesTake 

Black Tears Dry on Their Own

Any act of terror is harrowing and uncalled for. Call me simple minded, but I will never understand why men (always the men, isn’t it?) cannot sit and talk through things. Negotiate, reason. Why must it get to war?

But I digress.

You know what happened in Paris recently. You saw how the world got on its knees and mourned the losses. As it should. No loss of life should be overlooked.

But what about the deaths of thousands around the world? Where is the outrage, the GASP! the facebook button, the empathy for these people?

Here’s a little something from Joey Ayoub’s article for Global Voices:

The Human Body is not one. It sure feels that it should be by now. Maybe that in itself is an illusion. But maybe it is an illusion worth preserving because without even that vague aspiration towards oneness on the part of some part of the body, I am not sure what sort of world we would be living in now.

Some bodies are global, but most bodies remain local, regional, “ethnic”.

That is, most bodies remain deliberately ignored.

Damn.

Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika

[blackonwhitestory]

#BoldWittyBeautiful

You ready?

Pic - the internets

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What I’m trying to say is that being constantly (and I really hate this term because of how divisive it has become) "woke" can drive a person bat shit bananas.

Milisuthando Bongela, http://bit.ly/1O9xVyF 

#BrainFeed

Because fighting the ‘power’ is exhausting. 

[blackonwhitestory]

#BobbiesTake

Don’t let your circumstances define you. You are worth much more than that. Photo source: catchthejiffy

Xx

Bella

[blackonwhitestory]

#BoldWittyBeautiful "I KNOW now that love isn't something you're told, it unfolds itself in the rubble of your soul..." ~ Kela Maswabi, from her poem "You Sound So Distant" Slaying in her black on white headwrap! ;)

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#BrainFeed "We want to create an awareness that black people can also adopt, we want to break through the stigma." Happy World Adoption Day ❤️ Source: timeslive.co.za

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#PopFix Happy belated birthday MaBrrr. Xx

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#BobbiesTake

“I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.” ~ Sonia Sanchez

It’s so easy to become occupied with *doing*. Take a moment to take care of yourself. Gather your thoughts. Gather your strength. Gather courage. Put meat on your soul.

Xoxo Bonnie

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Shiyanomayini Official Music Video

Shiyanomayini means leave whatever you have, its said by beggars when they beg at the traffic light and by criminals when they are robbing you be it at gunpo...

#WMUD

The Brother Moves On (TBMO) is not like any normal 'band' you know. A "stepping stone" for members, brothers are always moving in and out of the band. But the most interesting part of this collective is how they fuse storytelling, different genres, theatricality and socio-political themes into their self-proclaimed "time and space excercise".

What makes *you* different?

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#BrainFeed 

"Not a house in the country ain't packed to its rafters with some dead Negro's grief. We lucky this ghost is a baby."

Toni Morrison's "Beloved" is still one of the best horror stories we have ever read. 

NPR said of her, “Toni Morrison's life — like her writing — is populated by ghosts — some bad, some benign and others, pure inspiration.” 

What’s your favourite horror story? 

Photo: Damon Winter

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#PopFix Can we talk about Yoliswa Mqoco's style? Bold and unparalleled! Visit our Facebook and IG for more photos. Source: elle.co.za