Only a red brick archway with a door cooling in the shadows from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for today’s Thursday Doors.
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9 Unique Books Illustrating South Africa’s Landscapes and People
This Heritage Day I’m bringing you 9 books illustrating South Africa’s landscapes and people to celebrate the diverse cultural well that is South Africa. It wasn’t easy to choose only nine books depicting the breathtaking South African landscapes, its people, and their everyday life as reflected by in the local literature.
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I am thrilled to have two more poems, By the Tree and What the Eye Smells, featured on Poetry Potion “A Poem a Day”.
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Celebrating Women’s Month through an Interview with Berneen Cereska, Director of SA Indie Film Fest, SAIFF.
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Among African languages the Xhosa language is embroidered with idioms, proverbs and figurative expressions drawing from a rich culture and history. Some of these African idioms and proverbs are readily understood by any English speaking person while others, if literally interpreted, appear to be meaningless.
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