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[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

"Language has a dual character. It is both a means of communication and a carrier of culture" ~ Ngungi wa Thiong'o

The importance of not only writing African Literature but also in African Languages means that while our history is preserved, so are our heritage & culture! 🌍

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Check it out! I donated to '#TheNextMile Cyclone Idai' - https://t.co/lf942jBJKv via @gofundme

[Blk Girl Culture @blkgirlculture]

Happy 60th Birthday to Sade✨

[Leonard Makombe @lmakombe]

While on the road, I have taken a sabbatical from reading the usual stuff I always read to reread these great works of African Literature.

[Amelia @AmyMogashoa]

"In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination." ❤

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Everyone else BUT the government and all the power it has to enforce policies that protect women. A million commission of enquiries on obvious issues that can be solved but nothing on Femicide and the protection of Women. TO HELL!!! 💔
#WomensDay

[Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa @NathiMthethwaSA]

"The loss of our daughter, Khensani Maseko illustrates the urgent need for tertiary institutions to develop transitional policies for women who have been victims of abuse. You cant open a case & sit next to the perpetrator in class" Minister Bathabile Dlamini #WomensDay

[Gugulethu Mhlungu | Gogo Mpendulo @GugsM]

“I don’t believe in messianic leadership because once you make leaders messiahs, they become gods and once they’re gods they cannot be questioned...” - Lumumba

[Zingisa Mase @ZingiMase]

“He would have reminded us that there was a time when globalization meant the slavery of Africans”
-Prof. Lumumba
#LumumbaMandelaLecture

[MaGatsheni! @MissNokuthaba]

“Like the sea renews itself wave after wave, the old must make way for the young.” - Prof Lumumba

[Teboho Letshaba @letshaba82]

#MandelaLecture - "The tragedy of humanity is that we learn nothing from history" - Prof Lumumba

[Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa @NathiMthethwaSA]

Today marks the 105th anniversary of the passing of The Natives Land Act of 1913 which was passed to segregate Africans to 7% of the land & give 80% of the fertile land to white people. This law played a leading role in the generational impoverishment of Africans in South Africa.

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Gaza is bleeding 💔

#FreePalestine #Palestine

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

On this day, may we remember the Helpers who mother children, pets, friends, relatives and colleagues of the people they work for. Mothering them whether they treat them kindly or otherwise.

May they be treated with kindness, humility and the love everyone deserves!
#MothersDay https://t.co/oXWISmMN9f

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Helpers are human beings. Mothers, sisters, girlfriends, friends and everything else that everyone else is. They too have desires, needs and ambitions.

They deserve respect as employees. What your manager wouldn't do to you in the office, you have no right to do to your Helper.

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Helpers are human beings. Mothers, sisters, girlfriends, friends and everything else that everyone else is. They too have desires, needs and ambitions.

They deserve respect as employees. What your manager wouldn't do to you in the office, you have no right to do to your Helper.

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Where do we draw the line? Let's Talk

1. Going through your helper's room in her absence. Is it fair?
Perhaps you are open about your space and she knows you get into the room to clean for her (which is absolutely kind), THEN...
2. Why the need to post this pic on social media? https://t.co/oNa3lxKEV6

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

Good Morning Africa! 🌍☀️🤓

If you know ANY books written in African languages as well as Authors who write African literature, please share them with us. We are looking to profile great books, great authors and great languages!

Asante!

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

" 'What exactly is African?' Goodknows asks..."

A question that burns many chests with each breath taken, mostly in secret. Bulawayo was brave in this book, simply because she chose words (or rather names) that send quivers down the spine. Symptoms of the truth seldom spoken

[Maid Next Door @AfricanLitAss]

We are.

Next please... https://t.co/F6wXb06TMn

[NS Motha @NoxManGP]

@NathiMthethwaSA My mother tongue is Zulu, I learnt Sotho and Tswana now trying my luck on Tshivhenda #AfricaMonth