The HourGlass with Mbofho

We are all just trying to find a place where we feel like we belong. A place where people will laugh at our jokes and find our awkwardness cute; A place where we can all share memes and laugh till we cry; A place where our fragile bodies and minds are accepted and appreciated for what they are, as well as what they could be. A place of belonging is a happy place. Many of you may already know that I spent a couple of years of my life in a place called Kimberley. Kimberley; Capital City of the Northern Cape. I like to call this period of my life “The Incubation Period” because of the many lesson learned during my time there. I call it the incubation period because during my time there; I was just like an egg and Kimberley was the hen that kept me warm and it made sure that I hatch and live up to my full potential. Kimberley was a good incubator. No, allow me to rephrase; Kimberley was a great incubator. I moved to Kimberley in 2012 when I got my first job. All I knew about Kimberley at t...

                      She WAKES I missed the ignorance of truth         And avoidance of reality                                       The delusional confidence in youth   I envied the versions of me back then That walked with blind confidence                    Composed of blissful foolishness Deaf to the sounding of life   I had awoken to a mind and immediately Yearned for earlier moments As if my lies to myself were my truths And I was glad   Luckily this was just a fleeting valley stride That unknown to me was the long Way I had chosen by deciding to remain Could have been that I left no love to myself And also no Time to know me, ...

“I think the most important thing we should be teaching young girls today is leadership. It's something that has been lacking in young girls and women for a very long time. Not because we don't want to but because of what society has labelled women to be. I think we are the most powerful beings in the world and that we should be given every opportunity. And that is what we should be teaching these young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself” - Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi These were the final words that sealed Zozibini’s Miss Universe victory. Words so powerful that they got me thinking: what if we replaced young girls and women with black people? What if we taught ourselves leadership? What if we rose above what society has labelled us to be? What if we started believing that we are the most powerful beings in the world and lived in that truth. What if instead of waiting to be given an opportunity, we created oppor...

A Book Review: Stay with me Disclaimer: If you are planning to read the book please do not continue reading this article. It has spoilers so enter at your own risk. I personally do not believe in spoiler alerts. In fact before I read or watch anything I often want to know what it is about and assess if the content is the type I would like to spend my time on. It was not any different when I decided to read Stay with me, a book by a young Nigerian author. What initially attracted me to this book was that it was fiction. I am very picky about what I read but fiction is my favourite. I also have a weakness for autobiographies especially those written by people that survived or made it against all odds. I was initially introduced to fiction by neighbour back home when I was in grade 9. The first fictional book I ever read besides those we read for school was by Sydney Sheldon. I particularly liked his writing because he wrote about women who are talented and capable, but most impor...