My first encounter with Katlego Mokwana was on her BeatsByHer x Apple Music DJ Mix Series (https://music.apple.com/za/album/beatsbyherza-katie-2-0-dj-mix/1648086896) on a summer afternoon on in an Uber on my way to a friend’s brand launch and I remember saving the playlist. My second encounter with her was on a Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katlego.mokwana/) suggestion of MOG (Mother Of Gao)Continue reading “Bwana Asifiwe – The creative edition: INTERVIEW WITH Katlego Mokwana”
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It’s time for a change: “WELCOME CHANGE.”- WE THE URBAN
Bwana Asifiwe… Yes, this is the new name of my blog.
Bwana Asifiwe – The creative edition: INTERVIEW WITH Zelma Lubisi
Introducing Zelma Lubisi, the fine artist and creative…
Fences Live: Do we build invisible fences around ourselves because of great disappointments?
We think the fences we’ve built birthed by disappointment protect us and our loved ones but what they only do is keep us prisoner to fear.
Make a cup of tea (or coffee if you’re weird *chuckles*) and grab your journal.
If you’re one of those “I have it all figured out and I’m ready for the new year” folks then how envious am I of you! Some of us on the other hand (I’m not alone right?! *chuckles nervously*) get met with a daunting anxiety and set of questions laced with expectations that send usContinue reading “Make a cup of tea (or coffee if you’re weird *chuckles*) and grab your journal.”
Breaking the silence
Soundtrack Of The Day: Shekhinah feat. Asali, The Sound. The past week on a Tuesday morning, I was cleaning up and getting rid of old paper work, documents, etc. then I eventually got to our memory box. Inside of it, love letters to each other from the first month we met, poetry to each otherContinue reading “Breaking the silence”
Diary Entry- Friendship and It’s Heartbreaking End
With the fresh smell of the new year still stuck in my nostrils and the hope of possibility along with growth still fresh on my membrane, here we are friends… Friendship, the relationship. Friendship is a beautiful thing. It’s a gift from God that we can never quite put a finger on as to whyContinue reading “Diary Entry- Friendship and It’s Heartbreaking End”
It’s 23:53 (CAT) and I’m up: Growing Pains
I’ve gone through so much change in the past 3 years which I have not known how to translate creatively (or even if a should) and I was never ready (Oh Lord I was not). A lot of it has been unsettling, devastating, confusing, really hard and painful yet some of it beautiful and laced with growing pains of which I could not have moved forward without… Growing pains? Yes! Now I finally know what I’m writing about *chuckles*…
SHA Thoughts: Defining success for yourself
Recently, I went to a launch for a skills development course and one of the speakers was a black woman who is a CEO (Refilwe Sebothoma- PBM Group) & the only director of a successful 100% blacked woman-owned company. As she was speaking to us, she gave truths to ponder on in the journey ofContinue reading “SHA Thoughts: Defining success for yourself”
Bwana Asifiwe- The creative edition: INTERVIEW WITH Linda “Nyanda The ARTIST” Mdalose
After a week of procrastination because I was uncomfortable with this “new” way of doing things, I finally sent Nyanda the interview questions via email instead of the usual face to face interviews I’ve done before. I tried scheduling a meet up at some point (but because of the pandemic circumstances, it just wasn’t lookingContinue reading “Bwana Asifiwe- The creative edition: INTERVIEW WITH Linda “Nyanda The ARTIST” Mdalose”
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