From missing travel to self-discovery, fortifying mental health and keeping informed on Covid-19 news globally, this is how and why the New York Times became another lifeline for my life in the pandemic’s lockdown….
Tag: literature
Film Review in Session: Fantastic Beasts and the Bad Review you can find here
Fantastic Beasts is the squib of the magical Harry Potter film franchise. I did not believe it over-hyped, until I was exactly half-way through the film, nursing a headache and placating my fangirl indignation. I had anticipated I would react this way actually; After all, there’s a reason I call myself a Harry Potter purist. For…
The ramblings of a Commercial Baby
My name is Olwethu-Thando Klaas. I am ordinary, superb only in the depths of my self-deprecating nature. I live in South Africa, a country often classified as having moved from African countries archetypal “Third World” classification to simply “a developing nation”. Until social stratification is eradicated, is the whole world not in a “Third World”…
Literature Review: “A South African Dictionary”
“Light, entertaining read. Well executed in its own context.” Siyabonga Nyezi’s contribution to literature begins with a booklet that presides over South Africa’s biggest figures, most controversial stories, and the behavioral mannerisms South African’s have endearing termed. Using the careful innate judgement of a fledgling navigating the crevices of politically correct phrasing and hindsight learned through…
Prepping for Christmas
Out on the town I rocked my new Converse kicks, Red skinnies and a vest. Shopping for Christmas is always a tedious task, but looking good isn’t. So how you like me now? Related articles Christmas prep is well on it’s way… (solelysewing.wordpress.com) What Christmas means for me (susanmckone.wordpress.com) December prep (graceandlife.com)
Why we need Celebrities 1.0
I understand your initial trepidation. The statement is riddled with assumptions and generalizations that govern social perception thinking the opposite. I will not argue. However, I will write this to express my personal perspective. It may be flawed, but it is my own to pen down. Do you know what the experience is of a…
Students & Careers: Prioritize
We are living in a world of globalization. It leaves no room for complacency. Between the socioeconomic circumstances that people find themselves in, as well as the potential lucrativeness of working when young, the youth of today are making life choices from young ages regarding their futures. One of the problems I’ve noticed is that…
Return to classic Bond
William Boyd is a brave soul,but kudos on his confidence in writing a James Bond that defies Hollywood’s iconic figure, returning to Ian Flemming‘s imagined figure. William Boyd was born in Accra,Ghana, but is considered an award-winning British writer. His childhood probably accounts for the subtle insightful contextualizations he makes in his books,laden with the…
Muggle Persuits
I waited. ….For 9 years I waited for the letter to arrive. I hung onto the hope that in this grey world filled with such mediocrity, that I would be singled out. As if somehow destiny would be kind enough to entrench me in a world that would evolve my very being. It was the…
Movie Trailer: The Great Gatsby
A cinematic masterpiece, and one of the few 21st century movies to have such an enormous all-star casting, impeccable scripting, a production timeframe that neared 2 years etc. etc. I am in an absolute tizzy waiting for The Great Gatsby‘s release. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby is a book I thoroughly studied…
Made my day: Presents
Mom sent me a care-package with all the much needed goodies for a fast-growing youth such as I.
Rest In Peace: Chinua Achebe
uTata weModern African Literature ufile. Born in a south-eastern region of Igboland, Nigeria in 1930, he found his niche in the cockles of fiction at University College, Ibadan. His main drive was to annihilate the portrayal of African people as those which exist as alternative to humanity (the inhuman), within the literary trope. Dubbed the father of modern African…