KA VULUNGU

Okay, so I am about to show you something. This is something I’ve been super excited about now with Amapiano. So excited that I got inspiration for this post. In this New African Identity, I think old and new can create beautiful things. Let me elaborate. I have always been frustrated by the generational disconnect

DIFFERENT

The nature of life is that we are each on our personal journey for the first time.

Happy Again – of race relations, fame and clout.

The sanctimony of arts has been under fire the last few months of 2021. Firstly, Africa’s favourite literature auntie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie got into a couple of spats with her young nieces. The internet was divided, not equally, but divided nonetheless. Then a multimillionaire took a dig at a niche community within the world. ‘Transgender

Crossing the line – Binga Mbinga

‘All is just in love and war’. I’m not sure what the phrase means. I also do not know if that is the right mix of words to make up the famous phrase. It might be ‘all is right in love and war’ instead. I’m not ashamed to say that I am confused by. I

Don’t take this Twitter thing too seriously

The thing about the internet, social media, IM – is that the ability to say what you want when you want and where you want is waaay too overpowered. It’s a fascinating aspect of 21st century communication where the minds of the people are more out there than you could possibly imagine. Hidden in anomity

Astroid Boy: Childhood realizations

Mazibs: Before I hand you to Astroid Boy, I want to make the distinction between me (Mazibs) and this post’s author and new contributor on the New African Identity Blog…yes…Astroid Boy. Enjoy. The thought of being foreign in the country of your birth is an unfamiliar experience for most.Foreigninty (if that’s even a word [it’s

My love of reading – a messy tale.

My Relationship with reading is complicated – but I can trace it down to when my wonderful parents bought me a kids book in grade 2. If you are not Zimbabwean let me set the scene. Zimbabwean primary schools have this system of grading and ranking students by the marks they get for their final

High School Never Ends. Really now?

There’s a band called Bowling for Soup, you know them Phineas and Ferb right, and they have this song – High School Never Ends. What’s the takeaway? The world, life, is just a crazy rendition of High School. High School is just a microcosm of how the world works, where Chads date the prettiest girls,

The New African Identity

Mazibs. They call me, the Zibsanator. I hold the record for being the class clown in high school to get the highest number of “oh hahas”, but that was just a way to deal with childhood trauma. Anyway, I am here (such is the paradox of the internet, I am not actually here am I)

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the