Surviving the corona crisis
Looking outside my window on a spring morning, I saw a playfulness in nature, in the skies, woodland and soil. I saw some vestiges of winter, yet also the promise of…
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Philly Makora
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Tabu : Part 1
“Tabu! Tabu! Wake up!” Shouted Nasike as he tried to shake his brother out of his sleep. Tabu, who was tucked into a sleeping bag on the floor of their…
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From the runway to the Kitchen :Anything is possible when you believe.
Whenever I think of the phrase “Jack of all trades,” a few people come in mind, including one Leah Mugure Dittmann, another hardworking Kenyan lady living and working in Germany.…
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Celebrating Africa’s rich and diverse culture through food
Africa, a great continent bursting with a cocktail of different cultures, is often underlined by misleading trajectories created by the west, that it is a mere single and simple unit.…
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Fatherhood in a foreign country
Parenthood is one of the greatest and most beautiful and yet complex phenomenals of life- a vital tool in the shaping of an individual. Every parent wants and hopes to…
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Leadership is a virtue
An open mind and a willing heart are the beginning of a great adventure. “The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with…
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Studying in Germany as a single parent
The search for quality education, which is considered a basic need in many societies, has led to many crossing borders in a bid for a better future. As many hold…
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A song at dawn: Part 1 and 2
So am here seated in a lovely concert hall on a beautiful sarturday evening. A music school was about to showcase what its students have been doing for the past…
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Life’s Lemonade
They say you should make lemonade when life gives you lemons. But, Yvonne Uwamahoro wanted more than just lemonade. She made a cocktail! Yvonne, a soft spoken Rwandese living in…
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Process Over Outcome
That Sunday morning, I was really excited about this one interview I was going to hold. Well, I was going to meet a phenomenal young man whose achievements are nothing…
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