Child, as I pick up our read this month, I am thinking about you. This story embodies everything I wish for you. I wish you grow up into strong woman, one who goes against the grain and takes up space. One who is comfortable in her skin and is always curious to learn. One who… Read More The Girl Who Knows About Cars: A Book Review
Zuva ranhasi ndasarudza kunyora zvinyorwa zvangu mururimi rwamai nokuda kwekuti ndimi dzedu, kunyanya-nyanya isu zvizvarwa zve Africa, dziri kufa. Chaita ndizvipire kunyora muChiShona nhasi kunyangwe vazhinji vevanhu vanoverenga zvinyorwa zvangu vasiri vanhu vanonzwisira rurimi urwu ndechekuti ini semubereki ndinoda kuti mwana wangu, vana vake uye vana vevana vake vakwanise kushanyira nzvimbo ino painternet nerimwe gore… Read More Beauty of the Mother Tongue
Some blog posts ago I wrote about how we need to preserve language to preserve culture. You can find that post here. African languages are dying at scary rates. After writing that I am glad to say I have come across some resources that have made it easier for parents abroad like myself to teach… Read More Our languages are dying but… we are doing something about it!
DISCLAIMER: I do appreciate African cultures; they are beautiful when you see them all come together in their diversity, but for the love of them all, I just cannot seem to get a hang on the indigenous languages. I’m impressed by the African countries that have their indigenous languages recognised as national languages but I’m not… Read More I’m an African but… English is my first language
Raising a child away from my home country is not an easy task. She may never ever experience life the way I did ( I sob for all the raka-raka, maflawu, hwishu and nhodo games she will never play). Granted, she probably will not suffer through half the things I did either but recently I… Read More Why preserving our languages is preserving our culture!
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