Nica Cornell

South African writer

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Gentle reminder you can currently inherit almost 4 average priced homes tax free (£1m value). That’s worth more than an entire lifetime of full-time work on the minimum wage (£917k) which (obviously) we very much do tax

[IMS @IMSforfreemedia]

This is what it’s like for women journalists to work inside #Gaza.

"We die a million times because we see and live the pain of all the people, and we have seen things that might take years to forget,” says Mona Okal, journalist at Palestine TV.

Support the journalists in Gaza.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

William Schomburg, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on conditions in the territory: “it’s basically hell on Earth.”

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

Anna’s husband died in 2000 & she now lives alone with support from a caregiver. When the war began, many people—including caregivers—left the region. WCK brings Anna fresh, hot meals in absence of the help she typically receives. To date, WCK has served 900,000 meals in Israel.

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

i have a new poem in @NarrativeMag. “i’m sorry, i’m sorry”—this one means a lot to me. i’ve been sharing it at pretty much every reading lately. it’s based on a conversation i had with my mother during last year’s holiday season

https://t.co/TgZ7arm2qd

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

WCK partners in Gaza risk their lives to deliver aid—the brave MECA team was packing food kits when a bomb hit near the warehouse. Shrapnel injured team members & damaged food. Luckily, the injuries weren’t serious & hundreds of food kits still reached families in need.

[Alan Lester @aljhlester]

In 1922 Winston Churchill was Colonial Secretary. He explained why the British government was assisting in the creation of what became Israel and, later on, what his attitude was towards the Palestinian inhabitants (the ‘dog in a manger’), and to the Indigenous peoples of Britain’s settler colonies and America https://t.co/G0IBrM0lr0, with thanks to @ExeterCIGH

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

WCK’s Sam reporting from outside Cairo where we have 16 trucks full of food & water for @AneraOrg, our partners in Gaza. As supplies in Gaza dwindle, we’ve been working tirelessly to try to get more support through the Rafah crossing—we’ll share an update as soon as we have one.

[Pitambar Naik @naik_iconoclast]

Naomi Shihab Nye 💔💔

[rachel shabi @rachshabi]

The director of the NY Office of UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Craig Mokhiber, has just resigned over Gaza. From his damning statement: "Once again, we are seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the organisation that we serve appears powerless to stop it."

[James Denselow @jamesdenselow]

Gaza is currently the most dangerous place in the world to be a:

✍️ Journalist (31 killed - @pressfreedom)
⛑️ Aid worker (62 @UNRWA staff killed)
👧 Child (3,195 killed - @save_children)

[Save the Children International @save_children]

1 child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza right now.

Time is costing lives. We are calling for an immediate ceasefire.

There is no safe place in Gaza. #StopTheWarOnChildren

[MSF International @MSF]

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza. We have lost contact with some of our Palestinian colleagues on the ground. We are particularly worried for the patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed.

Everyone must assume their responsibilities.

This is a moment of truth.

History will judge us all.

[Africa in Dialogue @africa_dialogue]

Here is the link to their inspiring and thought-provoking conversation:

https://t.co/WxtHawbD1E

[Africa in Dialogue @africa_dialogue]

In our latest dialogue, titled “Cultivating the Writer Self”, South African writer @CornellNica speaks to interviewer @nk_masinga about her debut poetry collection titled “a sky is falling”, mental health, traveling, K-dramas, and much more.

[Dr.Athambile @athambile]

Day 2 of Women in Relation to Women colloquium: featuring @nomfundo84 Makhosazana Xaba, Siphokazi Magadla, writers from SPEAK magazine, Nica Cornell. I’m person and zoom:

https://t.co/pezqlTQwtw

[African Poets Bot @AfricanPoetsBot]

"I have never seen anything walk into the kitchen
& make it out alive—not the hen, not the lamb, not my mother.

Beneath my meal, I find a grave where something once alive & bristling now lies,
buried, beneath pressure pots & bellies—say animal, say my mother’s dream."