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April 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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?

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April 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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"Let’s say we’re at the front—
for something worth fighting for, say." —Nâzım Hikmet
December 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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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.
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.
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December 13, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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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. 💙📚

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The Devil of the Provinces x Juan Sebastián Cárdenas, Lizzie Davis (tr)
176 pages. Published September 12, 2023 by Coffee House Press. Fiction. TL;DR I really liked this book! I’ll ponder the ending for a long while… some spoilers So, this is a crime novel. A man who’s…
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December 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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Harare Review of Books, October 2024

💙📚 #bookreview

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Harare Review of Books, October 2024
Hi! The year’s nearly over.
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November 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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The Powering Africa Summit (PAS25) returns to Washington, D.C., to celebrate its 10th anniversary from 6 - 7 March 2025.
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Register to be a part www.poweringafrica-summit.com
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#PAS25
#AfricaSummit
#PoweringAfricaSummit
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#PoweringAfricaSummit2025
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December 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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There is no alternative to reading, you can't go around it.
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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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...
The Day Of The Jackal Soundtrack
Playlist · Beaton · 20 items · 1 saves
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December 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Here's some Zimbabwean SF from HRB's annual competition!

#shonareadsYourStoryHere2: Zim SF Third Place story: The Election, by Claudius
#shonareadsYourStoryHere2: Zim SF Third Place story: The Election, by Claudius
Congratulations to Claudius! He wins a selection of books from Carnelian Heart Publishing. Here’s The Election, with comments from judges following. I had been running late for the Elections in Lio…
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December 7, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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1 like = 1 book I loved in 2024 📌
December 7, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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I watch Earth Abides for the plot....

The Plot:
Last man left on earth meets last woman on Earth
#EarthAbides
December 9, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918.

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The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918.
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later gene...
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November 25, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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Of The Kneeling Woman

The Kneeling woman #vss
Of The Kneeling Woman
The Kneeling woman #vss
becomingthemuse.net
November 23, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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"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…
Fifteen Colonial Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums. Edited by Sela Adjei & Yann LeGall.
320 pages. Published August 20, 2024 by Pluto Press. Non-fiction. If many museums today pretend to have embarked on a decolonial turn in their practice and in the ways they consider their collectio…
buff.ly
November 24, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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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
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Cross TV Series Season 1 Review
YouTube video by Beaton M
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November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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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
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
becomingthemuse.net
November 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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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)
Convert BSky Starter Pack to List
Your BSky Handle:
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November 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Of Flowers and Poetry

Poetry would have been very interesting if roses were red and violets were orange....
Of Flowers and Poetry
Poetry would have been very interesting if roses were red and violets were orange....
becomingthemuse.net
November 19, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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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…
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 creative reconstruction of Zimbabwe’s history and storytelling narrative centred on the land issue, from colonial occupation, independence through to the land invasion known as the…
becomingthemuse.net
November 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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So many things in drafts 😵‍💫
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM