Bitches Brew

Calm Down Miles Davis fans, this one is not for you LOL!! It's no secret that I LOOOOOOVVVEEEE reading. So this year I decided that if I read a book by an 'international' author then the next one I read is going to be by an African one.

So far so good. I'm gonna start with one that I've read just recently: Bitches Brew by Fred Khumalo.

Not a great pic, but the other one was an extreme close up showing what looked like grey nose hair. So this one will do.

I admit that I started out with 3 Zakes Mda books, so I didn't have high expectations for the books to follow. Zakes Mda is my male Toni Morrison *swoon*... Oh, okay back to Bitches Brew. Marcee swapped it for 'Their eyes were watching God' with a friend. She read it straight after Zora Neal Hurston and Zakes Mda and was not impressed.

So ofcourse I approached the book with some scepticism. But I was hooked from page one. This book is such a lovely read. It;s a love story and you know how much I dislike soppy love stories. But this love story is immersed in SA history. I even recognised some of the characters and wished I had Fred's phone number. So I could call him up and say 'hey I know who that is supposed to be buti!"

Read Bitches Brew! LOVED IT!!!

Who is Lulu Dikana

She is an AMAZING singer. Absolutely phenomenal. She is local singer Zonke's sister. She is an actress as well and she released her album My Diary My Thoughts last year.

Her song 'Life and Death' is being played a lot on radio and I LOVED IT SOOOOO MUCH I went to go and buy the album. Th rest of the album is good, but Life and death is definitely a stand out track. Her voice is so rich and beautiful, her lyrics thoughtful... All in all Lulu Dikana is a BREATHE OF FRESH AIR!!!

Lulu Dikana - Life and death


Amazing!!!

History made!!!

Today the 44th president of the United States was sworn in. I don't need to tell you why this is historic. In a past post I said that I was too young to truly appreciate Nelson Mandela becoming the first democratically elected president of SA. Now that I am old enough to understand the significance of Obama becoming president I'm a little overwhelmed.

The whole world knows that things are not going to be easy for Obama, no one said it was going to be. I wish him and the American people lots of luck.

We are going to be voting soon and I can't help but wonder what the future holds for South Africa...

Don't stop Femi, don't stop

I can't say why I like this song, but I just do. Marcee think it's a little explict, but I'm gonna let Femi have this one.

Femi Kuti- Beng beng beng



Femi Kuti rocks. BENG BENG!!

Another Angel

R.I.P Mama Africa (Miriam Makeba)

We truly were lucky to have her as part of the foundation of African music. I continue to be inspired...

Things that made me smile today

A little bit of honesty

It's time for us (South Africans) to register to vote. Time is running out go

HERE to get more info.


An inspirational woman, regardless of what people say I think she's beautiful




I still can't stop smiling every time I hear the name Barack Obama



Asa's album: it took me a while to get into it but now I'm loving it!!




My piano lesson today. I have been busy with everything, except music, this week.

Silence

I truly have nothing to say about the latest headlines... This is what some people had to say.

What can I say? All I can do now is sit back and watch this whole drama play itself out. I was talking to someone yesterday who said that 'other countries' might be the future for South Africans who can afford to leave. I'm so sad that this is what it has come to so soon.

I really have nothing to say... :(

I'm an African

And so proud of it. Today I was wearing my fave Tee that says 'I love Africa'. I don't just love being a South African. I love being an African and I don't for one minute think that I am 'separate' from the rest of Africa. I don't know how many times I've heard some of my fellow South AFRICANS say things like: "this is _____, he is from Africa" or "I'd love to go to Africa"... Uhmmm okay I'm sure '___' comes from a country with a name, like Central African Republic or Tanzania. Where in Africa would you like to go my friend? Seeing as how you are already in Africa, maybe you don't have to go anywhere.

So, my friends... Why not learn more about Africa? You know, become part of the African continent. While on my vegetarian 'experiment', I'm going to buy a book by an African author and expand my mind :) I'm not saying go out there and learn the names of all the countries on this lovely continent (which might not be a bad idea), but learn something about our brothers that we share this lovely (sometimes heart breaking) continent of ours.

This is a short post because, it's late, I've got waaaaayyy too much work to do and I NEED some beauty sleep.