Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng

Nozinhle's Daughter. Metallurgical Engineer. Writer. Founder - WAME Consulting: [email protected]

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

The questions are everywhere! From the N1 highway to the coal mines, from banks of the vaal river to the bookstores, from poetry to politics. All we know is that we are ready to have our fundamental beliefs challenged. We are telling our own stories. #WitsPod @MRF_Africa

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

New Bookstore! I wanted to buy every single book I picked up.

[Sunday O. Ochai @jaymn4u]

It is a popular saying that " a river that flows and forgets its source, will surely dry up". This book brings to life history and literature like never before.
play your part, sponsor a book.
#literature #book #history https://t.co/ioTtapzz8h

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

I asked grade 10 to 12 learners to read the OWOW book cover and write down their thoughts. I was impressed by what they wrote. #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

These learners wrote poems, taught me new words and challenged me. #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

30 books donated to the most interested people I have met this year. #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

This is the work that #OurWordsOurWorlds does. Black women stories by black women. The sponsor a book campaign aims to get this book into high schools. To introduce learners to the woman who wrote the poem that helped return Sara Bartmaans remains. To make that general knowledge!

[The Mandela Rhodes Foundation @MRF_Africa]

"Ukuzilanda, an isiXhosa word meaning to fetch oneself, [..] underpins the work of memory done individually and collectively by accounting one’s history in order to make sense of oneself in the current moment" Women Writing Africa by @athambile - Link: https://t.co/ZMmxyR3WJn

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

If it is. Tell them to stop it. Tell them to read #OurWordsOurWords Tell them to sponsor a book.

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

"Despite being shunted to the side, women have been acting, changing, thinking and envisioning a world made whole by their presence" #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

"Engaging with books of poetry as material objects can help draw lines of connection between books as material objects of women's productivity and the political and social context of womens lives. This view can show how books contribute to a feminist agenda" #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

"When a young girl is made to feel valued for speaking, and encouraged to share her thoughts no matter what they may be,this is her moment of change" @nomadpoet: Poetry as a Tool for Social Change. Help a young girl read these stories. Sponsor a book. #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

There is a good chance that nobody will bring the difference we seek. We probably need to create it! One way to do that is to " Be who you needed when you were younger" How: Try sponsoring a book! #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

The process of writing can be an act through which "a girl carves out a space for her voice to return to". Poetry has the ability to draw out voices that have been silenced. - Poetry as a Tool for Social Change - @nomadpoet #OurWordsOurWorld

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

"But can poetry really affect change in society? My understanding is that society changes when its people change. When we create spaces for people to discover their own voice, this is the moment of change" @nomadpoet: Poetry as a Tool for Social Change. #OurWordsOurWorlds

[Yours truly ™️ @S_Gcilitshana]

I have just asked my grade 10 and 11 students if they can write an email. Guess what? Over 90% of them have no idea what an email is, to begin with. Again, I am super excited about the academic programs I will introduce at this school come 2020.

[Nosipho Gumede Pr. Eng @uNosipho]

We believe that #OurWordsOurWords should occupy space. Not just bookshelves. But Young peoples hands! Young people should read stories that sound like their stories. They should know about the poem that helped bring home Sarah Baartmans remains. Sponsor a book! @MRF_Africa

[Yethu @YethuIsMyName]

A book of poetry by Black South African women. What space would you want it occupy? 🌱

[The Mandela Rhodes Foundation @MRF_Africa]

We are so proud to see 2019 Scholar @uNosipho featured in an important new anthology of poetry! We'll be getting our hands on a copy asap. https://t.co/fxufzbR3FS

[Yethu @YethuIsMyName]

Sinethemba Mkhanya, our Chairperson for the evening, opens the @WitsWiSER launch of #OurWordsOurWorlds 💛