Social change when it comes to gender issues can only be changed, when women themselves come to the Awakening of their selves. The idea of transformation and policy can only work when women who are in strategic positions within the political, social and economic spheres are able to talk and stand up for themselves. At the moment in South Africa there seems to be number of women in strategic position within the public and government fields, but very few of them are making tangible change in the advancement of women’s right in their constituency. Read More
I wear my power
There is something special about a woman who loves herself, a confidence of self-assurance and a smell of power. A woman has many ways to show her confidence and love for one’s self and many women choose clothes as the choice of weapon. They choose to love themselves and wear that love on their bodies, in well-tailored power suits, gorgeous long or short well-made dresses, or they spend thousands on Rand's on one item, it’s the damn money, they should be allowed to spend it any way they wish, shouldn’t they?
Call to be Womanist
Critical Reflection on colonial legacies in the African Academy. Challenges and prospects for the future:
We need to understand what colonization is and what is has brought with it that Afrikans are rejecting, what is its legacy in the Academic environment. Understanding the colonial institutionalizing of the education system: Definition: colonisation is an ongoing process of control by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components (people, animals etc.). – Wikipedia
Western Education was an important tool in making sure that the colonization was effective and was needed to pacify the Afrikan. Education was used to restructure Afrikan communities and cultures, to make the more Eurocentric the French used a policy called emulation that made Africans in their colonies aspire to be more like their French masters. Those who sounded and acting like the Frenchman, was given full citizenship.
The idea of being like the West is one that our institutions teach, the closer you are to the Western Culture, the higher your chances of making in Afrika and the global community are. Read More
Motivation of the Day
We need to be careful of chasing dreams that are not made for us. We find our selves fixated on peoples lives on Facebook and social media pages that show lives that we wish were our lives. The problem with being so fixated on social media lives, is we don't know the realities behind that pictures, also living a life for social media and pictures that don't really reflect your reality, you end up chasing a dream and a life that was never made for you or one that you can not fund yourself. Let God show off with your life and let him put up the pictures of his greatness in the heavenly realms. Trust God with your dreams, not social media celebrities and people. You good enough as you are.
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I am an African woman, whose heart is vested in the lives of African women on the continent and in diaspora. I am a student of African Feminist Studies and African politics oh and media and communication. I write about woman of colour and for women of colour. I am an advocates and activist for women's rights on the African continent and the Global South. This is my space which i invite you to be part of.
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#StopracismatPretoriaGirlsHigh
As black girls our beauty is undermined, is seen as untidy and unprofessional and needs to be neatened up. Because our hair is not silky and shiny like our white counterparts. we can not embrace our natural hair, because it is not normal and professional standard. More black girls have low self-esteem problems in society and it is because of institutional racism starting as early as foundation phase in school. White teachers need to be called into order and white supremacist code of conducts in schools need to be challenged by parents.
We went to schools like these, King Edward High School (Matatiele)School is one of those schools. Lets name and shame these schools.
Our black girls need to know they are enough, they are beautiful, their hair is not ugly and does not need to be "sorted out" #blackgirlsmagic
I am so emotional about this, for so long, we as black pupils were made to believe that our kinky hair or afros were bad, you would be sent home to go tie it up, while you can't even hold them all together. We must put a stop to this and let it not be something we speak about here and it ends here, our kids must know they have the right to report these teacher and be protected by the education department.
We cannot carry on promoting racist schools, for the sake of getting a white education for our kids at the detriment of there identity. We are calling for action to be taken against these schools by the nation Education Department, and for these code of conducts to be reviewed.
We are not white and our hair is not white, we as black girls have our own identity and our hair is part of that identity.
We went to schools like these, King Edward High School (Matatiele)School is one of those schools. Lets name and shame these schools.
Our black girls need to know they are enough, they are beautiful, their hair is not ugly and does not need to be "sorted out" #blackgirlsmagic
I am so emotional about this, for so long, we as black pupils were made to believe that our kinky hair or afros were bad, you would be sent home to go tie it up, while you can't even hold them all together. We must put a stop to this and let it not be something we speak about here and it ends here, our kids must know they have the right to report these teacher and be protected by the education department.
We cannot carry on promoting racist schools, for the sake of getting a white education for our kids at the detriment of there identity. We are calling for action to be taken against these schools by the nation Education Department, and for these code of conducts to be reviewed.
We are not white and our hair is not white, we as black girls have our own identity and our hair is part of that identity.