A blog growing through life.
My mum would flood me with different diaries from such a young age, believing I had plenty to say and no where to say it. In truth I never had anything to say until I was bored with a blank paper staring at me. I really never understood why she'd always ask me if I'm... Continue Reading →
11th October saw what is Zambia's first mental health conference since 2007, only 2 conferences held over the space of more than a decade with the promise of another conference set for 2020(this is how serious the discussion is). It was a whole day event speaking on mental health and just getting a sense of... Continue Reading →
Usually we say there are two sides to every story, but that's not always true. There aren't always two sides to every story, some have five sides and others have one. Depending on the story being told, there will equally be different roles being played at each given moment. Take the general interaction between a... Continue Reading →
Zesco was forced into extreme honesty at some point today. Now in as much as that was extremely horrific to discover, it's also what you do when you're in a bad relationship and want to try again with exact person, you start by showing how bad it's become. So Zesco, came out after being asked... Continue Reading →
Zambia Medical Association, working with Renaisense, and Walk With Me Foundation came together by VenYou to hold training for media journalists... I don't technically qualify, but I got to go regardless and dumbfounded is the word I choose to describe my experience. I knew the suicide rate was feverishly high, but what I considered a... Continue Reading →
My colleague turned friend was telling me of an encounter she recently had by her place in Kamwala. She arrived home rather late one night and as she waited by the gate, her neighbour, who lives in chawama, decided to park and wait with her, for her sister to let her in. Though she was... Continue Reading →
Where I settle, I occupy, It's the mischief of nature called time, that even though we have a past and a future. We forever, are trapped in a moment. A moment becomes a cycle, a looped song you just can't turn off no more until eventually, you hate it. Then you wake up one day... Continue Reading →
I was 10 when I fell in love with the dictionary. I'd read and internalise strange words then go around the next couple of weeks asking people older than me if they knew the meaning of the words. Safe to say some adults really found me irritating, I didn't let them put me off though,... Continue Reading →