Words and stories

People often undermine the role words and stories play in our lives. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how the dominant culture, for their own purposes, defines the stories we believe to be absolute and true.

We amble along within those narratives and many of us never stop and look around and, more especially, look outside the walls of those stories to see the other possibilities.  We don’t scratch the surface a bit, or carefully pick at the word choices that are the ingredients that make those stories.

I’m currently doing research for my third historical novel and one narrative where various tribes around Southern Africa like to believe is the story of purity. 

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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