Tag Archives: Miriam Makeba
Journey Back
Sometimes in a marriage a husband or a wife will do something so terrible or so thoughtlessly cruel that it shakes that marriage to its roots. It changes the way the other person thinks about his or her mate, and … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged arguments, communication, emotions, engagment, grace, happiness, humor, husband, inconvenience, journey, life, love, marriage, Miriam Makeba, perspective, respect, safety, self love, thoughtless, wife
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Makeba My story
“Who would have every imagined that any of this could happen so fast, and all at once? I forgive myself if enjoy it, because there is too much danger and oppression in my country to think that any of it … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged Africa, apartheid, Autobiography, Biography, book review, history, James Hall, library, Memoir, Miriam Makeba, music, nonfiction, On My Bookshelf, oppression, singer
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The Song of Exodus
I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with a racism that crushes my spirit. I look at a bird … Continue reading
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Tagged apartheid, exodus, identities, Miriam Makeba, oppression, politics, race, racisim, rejection, revolutionary, self awarness, self-awareness, skin shaming, social justice, South Africa, strength, values
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Real Life of an MSW 