Rape!
“He was no longer the dignified commander of a company of slave hunters. His instincts had taken control of him. He was a two legged animal bent on copulation…Deeper and harder he drove. Nandzi could...
View ArticleWho are we Fighting?
It’s Tuesday night, I am still relieving memories of my engagements for the 14th of February. These days, my personal life and my work life seem thick as thieves. I am reading Suey Park’s post sent to...
View ArticleThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the colour purple in a field and you don’t notice it. By reading this book, I made God happy. The color purple written by Alice Walker was set in the time when...
View ArticleINFIDEL!
The author Ayaan Hirsi Ali When you lose the terror of hell, you become free. But to lose that fear isn’t an easy matter. The book Infidel is about how a young girl grew into a freedom fighter,...
View ArticleMusing on The Brontë Sisters
We cannot talk of Victorian literature without mentioning the Brontë Dynasty; Sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. In my moments of wool-gathering recently, I reminisced on their contributions to...
View ArticleGod Dies By the Nile
Nawal El Saadawi showed me how what was once a beautiful cup can suddenly become shattered fragments of porcelain. Her novel God Dies by a Nile opens with Zakeya learning that her niece Nefissa the...
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