cher frère tu me manques tu va me manquer aussi longtemps que le soleil se lève le matin et se couche le soir aussi longtemps que la pluie tombe, que le vent souffle, que les oiseaux du village chantent au rythme du tamtam cher frère tu me manques tu va…

If this turns out to be SOMETHING… Dear love, see: I don’t know what it takes to be awake in the lonesomeness of the night, but I do know, for real, that — one could be wrong, anyway — the sound of the voice of your innermost feelings is as familiar, to me, as the size of my ears. When you get this message, write me back but, I beg your indulgence, keep the later to Your Self.

Poet Maya Angelou 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 are 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘈𝘠𝘈 𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘌𝘓𝘖𝘜 she 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘗𝘏𝘌𝘕𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘈𝘓 𝘞𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘕

Of Gurnah and Resilience: My Op-ed on the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Literature By Adamu Danjuma 'I speak in the voice of gentle rain In whispers of growth In sleight of light I speak of light I speak of aged hairs of wind Midwife to cloud And sheaves on threshing-floor' (Prof…

Recently published opportunities to explore 1. Gates Cambridge Scholarship Programme 2022/2023 for Study at the University of Cambridge, UK (Fully Funded) https://www.gatescambridge.org/programme/the-scholarship/ 2. The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) Curational Fellowship 2022 for South African artists (R50 000 per Fellow) http://www.ica.uct.ac.za/ica/fellowships 3. Beit Trust Postgraduate Scholarships

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