Blogging is 20% writing and 80% wondering if anyone read it before you hit publish RT if you relate #blogsky #bloggingcommunity #bloggers #afrobloggers

When were you last on your blog? What’s causing your blogger's block: Internet, electricity, adulting, inspiration, work, seasons, life, perfection, and motivation, leaving you on read? #writersblock #bloggers #bloggersblock #blogging #afroblobloggers #blogsky #bloggingcommunity

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.

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. 💙📚 hararereview.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/t...

Harare Review of Books, October 2024 💙📚 #bookreview shonatiger.substack.com/p/harare-rev...

The Powering Africa Summit (PAS25) returns to Washington, D.C., to celebrate its 10th anniversary from 6 - 7 March 2025. . Register to be a part www.poweringafrica-summit.com . #PAS25 #AfricaSummit #PoweringAfricaSummit #TheAfricanDreamDotNet #PoweringAfricaSummit2025 . cc| @afrobloggers.bsky.social

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

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...

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

Of The Kneeling Woman The Kneeling woman #vss

"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…

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 #CrossOnPrime #Cross #Blogsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2N5...

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

If you want to convert a BSky Starter Pack to a list (you'll need an app password, which you'll find in your settings)

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…

So many things in drafts 😵‍💫

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! #booksky 💙📚 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

LitFest: Harare International Literature Festival 2024 starts November 27

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X | Social media | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!

Ah this explains why my Bluesky notifications are blowing up Welcome y'all 😂

This was stupendous! Sektor 47 x N. N. Jehangir, a marvelous SF read from Book Guild 💙📚

Looking for some wholesome family viewing? Check out my review of the live action animated fantasy movie IF starring Ryan Reynolds and some imaginary friends.... The Good | The Bad | The Ugly #IFmovie becomingthemuse.net/2024/06/23/o...

If you were having coffee with me I would tell you that its time once again for a month long blogging challenge organised by @afrobloggers.bsky.social Of my 11 years blogging this is my 6th year participating in the WinterABC 💪🏾 #WinterABC2024 #WinterABC24 becomingthemuse.net/2024/06/02/c...

I’m listening and learning

Africa is coming of age.

If you were having coffee with me we would be talking about a Shona Proverb which is the villain origin story of the infamous Chinenguwo whom Murombo can never seem to best; Murombo haarove chine nguwo becomingthemuse.net/2024/03/26/c...

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I’m reading Steinberg’s Winnie and Nelson, and @ooeygooey.bsky.social’s read Long Walk to Freedom—so we’re comparing notes. Well, there are at least two versions of the Winnie and Nelson origin story 😂

I figured out what was up with pheasant in Episode 5 of Shogun... Broken Fist There was some fowl business. 😂 THE Anjin, The Gardener and The Spy. Pop by my article ⚠️contains spoilers. becomingthemuse.net/2024/03/23/o...

Mombe yehumai What is its signaficance in the Shona Culture? A lady shares her journey into paying mombe yehumai to her mother's relatives and at the end of the day - culture is culture. Read the guest post on my blog becomingthemuse.net/2024/03/24/m...

Convergence Problems x Wole Talabi (DRC) 320 pages. First published Feb 13, 2024 (DAW) I consider Wole Talabi a master of literary futurism. Perhaps because of his background as an engineer, and certainly because he was an early reader of sci-fi… 💙📚 shonareads.wordpress.com/2024/03/25/c...

Reading the fantastic The Birds by Daphne du Maurier. What a wonderful story.

Happy Shogun Day, to those who celebrate

"A man may go to war for many reasons.... Conquest, pride, power.. But a woman is simply at war." -Mariko-sama #ShogunFX #Shogun

Sometimes the silence is the answer.

Look, I’m not here to sugarcoat it. Innovation? Groundbreaking? Life-changing? The Apple Vision Pro is none of those things. It’s a fancy pair of goggles with delusions of grandeur. But hey, who am I to argue with success? Just remember, the real world is still waiting, patiently. wp.me/pePii7-ic