Blogging African stories
Friday, February 16, 2018
Through her blog Motsamai has managed to travel to countries such as China and France
Local lass, Mmabatho Motsamai has taken advantage of the Internet to come up with a blog titled The Afrolutionist and it tells the story of Africa. Blogging has not been an easy walk in the park ever since its inception and many have quit along the way after encountering challenges such as lack of income and poor followership.
For Motsamai, who is in her mid-20s, it has since become her nine-to-five job for the past four years and as a result her blog is being recognised internationally.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...