tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951810511363703402024-02-06T20:08:38.666-08:00MukaintuWhat other women want you to know..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-22611176218597914972015-01-17T10:52:00.000-08:002015-01-18T02:21:20.357-08:00Susan aka Dr. SEA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Susan, an inspiration to all African women in Europe and all over the world, inspires me to go for my goals..and does so looking good all the time!</b></i></span></div>
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do you celebrate about being a woman?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Honestly
first I see myself as a person then as a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">woman. As a person I
celebrate the amazing people God put in my life and of course my
achievements. I mostly celebrate being a woman by celebrating
achievements of other women. Besides I celebrate the privileges we
enjoy as women. Most people’s first word is “mama”, what a
privilege!! I sometimes feel sorry for the dads in this light. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">Another example: it is easy to get help as a woman,even from
strangers. The world easily yet unknowingly helps us to get to our
goals. Most often we are underestimated, we don’t seem to pose a
threat so barriers are not quickly built.It is easy to slip through
if you are smart to figure things out. It is some sort of
discrimination which I have learnt to use to my advantage. Funnily I
also celebrate those little things we can get way with just for being
a woman, like mood swings!! Most people seem to tolerate mood swings
more from women than from men. So I enjoy that immunity lol....</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you wish other women knew?</span></div>
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wish other women knew that feminism is not only</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">the advocacy of
women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic
equality to men. Feminism also means celebrating and empowering each
other. And not “enslaving” men while liberating themselves. You
don’t free yourself by becoming the slave master. Unfortunately
this has put a stigma on feminism, which otherwise in its true form
is a beautiful thing. We should focus more on using our newly gained
rights to collectively bring advancement. One more thing, I wish
even more women knew that the statement “Women can’t work with
each other” has little truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How do you express yourself creatively?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In
my daily appearance. I let my creativity flow into </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">my style. When I
cook the creative me pours out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">In my living space: I always love it
to look like an art gallery with artisans. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">In the many jokes I crack
a day; I could be quite a jester in a good way, you know. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">When I
write poems and prose. Honestly my creativity sometimes gets me into
trouble...my poor parents...</span></div>
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the little things I do everyday especially in losing </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">myself in
service to others. I am so grateful I have a job which gives me the
chance to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">My
passion for people makes it easy to engage in </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">time consuming and
purpose driven hobbies. I was only thirteen when I was part of an
initiative to get kids off the streets in the poverty and crime
stricken township I grew up in. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">While in med school I was was
sociopolitically engaged in organizing forums for cultural exchange
between Germans and immigrants, a venture which even got me into
theater arts with Kammerspiele Magdeburg. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">I also help organized and
facilitated students from my faculty to do their clinicals in Limbe,
Cameroon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">All these earned me the 2007 DAAD Prize for academics and
sociopolitical achievements.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">In 2014 I made African Heritage
Magazines’s list of 100 most influential Africans in Germany.</span></div>
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most recent projects are my inspirational blog </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;"><span lang="en-US">and movement “ <a href="http://www.doctorsea.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A sister in Germany</a>” </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;"><span lang="en-US"> which puts a positive spotlight on Africans in Germany, public
speaking on issues affecting the African woman and immigrants in
Germany, going to Cameroon once a year as a volunteer in the health
care system, a mentor to five amazing students in Germany.</span></span><br />
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hope these little steps set a flame whose fire keeps </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;"><span lang="en-US">going. My
absolute favorite and most current project is called <a href="http://www.ask-docta.com/" target="_blank">ASK DOCTA!</a>
</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;"><span lang="en-US"> A collaboration with Manunga Studios which explains medicine and
health care in pidgin English, a sort of Creole spoken by millions of
people in West Africa. We intend to educate the common man in his own
language on health issues affecting him.</span></span></div>
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hope that with these few steps I can make a little difference in the
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do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">My
calling? I prefer the word purpose. My purpose is </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">change in any form
in my immediate community through empowering people to be that
change. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">To be a vessel through which others can see themselves and
their potentials and make the best of it. Honestly I believe I
haven’t reached one-third of my purpose and its magnitude scares
me, but its a path I ‘ll have to take. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;"> What am I doing about it?
Surrender. I have surrendered myself to God to use me to achieve that
purpose. I simply surrender and allow myself to be used. It’s not
about me, its about others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How
do you celebrate where you come from?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Look
at me. I am all Niaja-Pays wrapped in Bundes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">Now you will have to go
figure that out. I celebrate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">my roots by not being ashamed of them or
making excuses for them. It’s a take-me-or leave-it attitude I have
regarding that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">I wear my culture all over me: dressing Afrochic,
listening to African music, I mostly cook African food. Many wise
sayings I heard as a child see my through tough days. I had a German
colleague who always asked: Susan do you have an African saying to
lighten up the day?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However
I also celebrate my German influences,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">don’t be surprised if you’re
invited to dinner at mine and its Kartoffeldpuree and Ndole on the
menu.</span></div>
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Myself. My dying-to-self and loving-myself </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 100%;">journey, has been the
toughest yet most fulfilling paths I have had to take. The second
toughest are the voices from the society which say I can’t make it
because I am black or a woman or even both. I learned to stop seeing
them as obstacles, they are now challenges to me and I always try to
figure out the chances in such situations. I get my drive sometimes
by proving those voices wrong.</span></div>
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<b><i>Yvonne's strong lyrics and touching music are worth the listen, her strong stage presence and the way she sings in Nsenga (Zambian language) is a sight to see!</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$0:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What do you celebrate abut being a woman?</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$0:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$2:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, I think humans should be respected no matter what colour, race, religion</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">or gender they have. However, I enjoy being a woman since it gives me the </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">privilege to give birth to new life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$5:0" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$6:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;">What do you wish other women knew? </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$7:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$8:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That they can’t be respected by men if they don’t respect themselves.</span><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$9:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$11:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$12:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;"><i>How do you express yourself creatively? </i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$13:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$14:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you know I’m a singer. So I express myself on stage. But that’s not all. I </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">spend much more time with composing and writing songs. So often I sit with </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$14:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">my </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">guitar at a quiet place and let my feelings out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$14:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$14:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That’s how most of my songs were born.</span><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$15:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$17:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$18:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;"><i>How are you making a difference in the world?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$20:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">poverty and can’t change something on this world. But I’m trying to prove that</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$20:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> wrong. I had no parents, I didn’t complete my education, I slept on the streets.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$20:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$20:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> But that’s not a reason just do give up and accept this conditions. I want to be </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$20:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">an example to other young people that hard and honest work, being focused </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$21:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$23:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$24:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;"><i>What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My family and my music. I try to spend as much time as possible with my </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">family. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When it comes to my music I appreciate the talent I got and want to use it in </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the best possible way. Music has been my life since I was young and I’m happy </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$26:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">about the progress I made since then.</span><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$27:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$29:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$30:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: magenta;">How do you celebrate where you come from?</span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$31:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">No matter where I stay in the world, I don’t give up my identity. In my music </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m keeping the heritage of my mother´s tribe alive. Most of my songs I’m</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">singing in Nsenga. To some it may not be popular, but that’s where I come </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$32:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">from and I’m happy to go on stage and share this culture with a lot of people.</span><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$33:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$35:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$36:0" style="line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta;"><i>What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?</i></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$37:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$38:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think I can say it was the death of my parents. It’s not only that they passed </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$38:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$38:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">away, but growing up and fighting to survive on my own can be really </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$38:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$38:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;">considered as an obstacle. But I’m happy that I reached where I am today.</span><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$39:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$41:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$43:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text0:0:$44:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Website:</i> </span><a data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$range0:0" href="http://www.yvonnemwale.com/" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">http://www.yvonnemwale.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text1:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$text1:0:$2:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Facebook:</i> </span><a data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$range1:0" href="http://www.facebook.com/YvonneMwaleMusic" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/YvonneMwaleMusic</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$2:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Twitter:</i> http://twitter.com/yvonnemwale</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><br data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$3:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></i><span data-reactid=".ax.$mid=11410763145264=287711a3268b76c5817.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$4:0" style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 13.9636354446411px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>YouTube:</i> http://www.youtube.com/yvonnemwale</span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-32934794674596892742014-08-25T05:27:00.003-07:002014-08-25T05:27:27.022-07:00Talisa and Maya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Talisa and Maya have boldy taken a step to make a difference in the reading culture of Luapula district (Zambia), these young ladies believe </i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>'..that an ever-growing mind needs books, just like our bodies need food.'</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Talisa</i>: Enjoying the ability to constantly re-discover myself. The female body and mind is in a constant state of change, and part of being a woman is finding adventure and beauty in dealing with those changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya</i>: Finding a strength in the ultra-feminine things in life such as make-up. A coat of red lipstick makes me feel like I can take on anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya</i>: You don’t always have to be perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Talisa</i>: I like experimenting with different forms of art, from creative writing to dressing according to my personal style. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya</i>: The decoration of my room changes with my state of mind. Even though I’m not the best at it, I enjoy crafts once in a while. Not everything has to be perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Talisa & Maya</i>: We believe change starts with yourself, so we try to spread positive energy to everyone around us. We hope that our project can carry this same positive energy to Luapula (Zambia).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Talisa:</i> To create a piece of art that makes people feel something. So right now, I’m focusing on getting into an artist’s state of mind, and teaching myself that criticism is something to be appreciated, not to be feared. Which means that I will push myself to write, draw or play music on a regular basis, even when I feel like the quality of my work isn’t stellar. As a perfectionist, I constantly need to remind myself that not everything I produce has to be amazing immediately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya</i>: I hope to, one day, achieve a strong position as a business woman, and to inspire young girls to do the same. So I’m preparing myself by venturing out of my comfort zone, on a daily basis. I used to be scared of public speaking, but for my graduation, I overcame this and delivered a well-received speech. I was very nervous, but the result was worth it. I now know that you have nothing to lose by putting yourself out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya & Talisa</i>: There are concrete ways of celebrating our heritage: through music or food, for instance. But I think it mostly manifests itself in the unique identity we create for ourselves, in our minds. We embrace our roots and proudly share them with others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Maya</i>: My fear of not being the best at everything I try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think being women we are all gifted. I love our diversity. The way we fit into so many different roles. We can make it as a successful business lady, a loving mother or even both. Furthermore we live in a time, where we as women enjoy more freedom than ever before. That's why I not only like to dress-up but also to use all my potential to show the world how much I celebrate being a woman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women knew that they are beautiful just the way they are. I know, this is a sentence that countless people use or have used in also countless situations. But it is simply the truth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No woman should ever waste her time trying to follow THE ONE ideal of beauty. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is not a certain skin tone, hair type or figure that represents beauty more or better than another. Every woman should embrace her own beauty by stop comparing herself to others and start to love herself the way God ( be it Allah, Buddah, doesn't matter) has created her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My creativity is probably my most distinct attribute.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sometimes find myself daydreaming or wondering about things like the meaning of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of my thoughts I express through poetry and songs. I'm a singer and songwriter that is working on arrangements at the moment, so that I can show my art to the world soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile I perform with a cover band and at church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also give tips on natural hair care for German speaking or German- based ladies on Youtube.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I try not to float with the current but to be sure to confidently follow my on will.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's very important to me to do this with responsibility for my environment and fellow creatures.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I almost never take any plastic bags for shopping, I don't eat any meat and I try to minimize my consumption of milk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also treat every person with most possible respect and be kind, even if it's sometimes hard to deal with some peoples' ignorance and vanity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure if I'm making a difference in the world this way. But I definitely try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I often wondered about what my calling is and about what i can do about it in the past.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now I'm at a point where I think, that my life was about finding myself and now helping others to figure out themselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know now that I neither have to wear my hair straight, nor to chose only one of my origins or to keep a job at the office just because it's most accepted in our western communities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wear my big 'fro, celebrate Jamaican, Italian and German culture and live my creativity as a musician.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to help people assure themselves of their own strengths and wishes. So that they can celebrate life the way I do.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How do you celebrate where you come from?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this is a little bit complicated with me. I was born and raised in Germany by a half Italian mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have Jamaican roots (which come from my father who left my life in my early years) which I had to figure out a lot by myself. I've started to try Jamaican recipes and even to learn some Patois (as far as it's possible living so far from Jamaica). I also love reggae and dance hall. It's my favourite music to enjoy. Rather it's relaxing home alone, clubbing or spending time at a festival.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This way I got to know German culture very well but also got into a world of Pasta and Eros Ramazzotti<img alt="*:) glücklich" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhOfrQJcev11o2uZaUXyx0F5Emz_cz_2CsLHDIHhyphenhyphen_b7leRcSW6eDjrNki8ugvijY9P_bQFqCRN4fCuycsBL_xcyy3PACxNAhooR2GvweEZ3B-AC0ixTPQzvid3rI32RJPmKHrmnRuMSILgaKi8ClSqhKEi0Q0=s0-d-e1-ft" title="*:) glücklich" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest obstacle must have been finding myself as a 'Mixed chick' in an almost all white environment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First I straightened my hair and wore extensions to fit in. Having failed I did almost everything to be accepted as a black person. It took too long for me to see, that there was no need for me to chose between black and white. I stopped caring about all those people telling me what 'colour' I was because I finally saw that it really doesn't matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I realized I was created to 'dance in a shade of grey'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">"I don't stand for the <em>black</em> man's side, I don' t stand for the <em>white</em> man's side. I stand for God's side." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what Bob Marley said once. I simply changed <span style="font-style: italic;">man</span> into <span style="font-style: italic;">woman</span> and now enjoy both. Mocha chocolata is my beautiful.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-6217486267287011082014-07-05T09:29:00.000-07:002014-07-05T09:34:28.727-07:00Tukiya and Sekayi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Tukiya (Kii) and Sekayi (Khayi), two fashion bloggers from Zambia caught my eye a while back, first from the quirky name of their blog, but most of all their eye catching ensembles and how they have taken to the Zambian fashion world like ducks to water. With frequent swap meets and featuring at numerous fashion events..I'm keeping my eye on these girls!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That they have the potential to
have a great positive influence, on the world, and each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tukiya loves to write poetry and
wardrobe styling, while Sekayi is more into trying new and
interesting looks, with make-up, drawing inspiration from literally
everything and using Tukiya as her guinea-pig. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We try to use our position in the
fashion industry to help those disenfranchised in our communities,
focusing in particular to children affected in these areas. We grew
up in an area close to households living without most basic
necessities individuals take for granted, we had a community school
in our backyard! And that has stuck with us over the years. In
addition to this, Sekayi is a member of the World Economic Forum’s
‘<a href="http://www.globalshapers.org/" target="_blank">Global Shapers Community</a>’ </span><br />
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</span><i><span style="color: magenta;">What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We both believe that our calling is to
encourage people around the world, beginning with Zambians, to
embrace the positive aspects of themselves, in particular their
image. We do this through our wardrobe styling and make-up artistry,
as well as speaking to young women about image – in terms of
fashion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We highlight the diversity of the
people of Zambia through the street-style blog and encourage and
wear Zambian designs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have had to overcome our own fear,
growing up in a “third world country” can sometimes make you feel
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learnt, since we began is to just take the step, no matter how afraid
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Nneka caught my attention with her tweets about her experience as a young woman of colour living in Europe, found myself nodding in agreement to some of her on point sentiments.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the longest time, I thought being a woman was only about what I could do for others and only secondary to the male experience (thanks patriarchy), but now I understand and see being a woman as an unbridled sense of freedom. I fully embrace this freedom and the beautiful experience being a woman can be, from the solitary journey of womanhood to the bonding and connecting with other women (and learning from them and their lives) along the way. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no one path to the journey that womanhood is, nor is womanhood a monolithic experience, especially for us women of color. The journey of womanhood is about grabbing your agency tightly and not letting go. We are all here on this Earth to define ourselves and construct our own identity. The true work (and journey), however, begins once we realize we are charged with stripping away from the false notions we have been handed our entire lives and dare to strike out and discover these things on our own volition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mostly through writing. I do dabble a bit into painting and photography as well, but I'd label those as more of active interests rather than true hobbies or things I'm exceptionally great at. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How are you making a difference in the world?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3e454c;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I could list off all the volunteer efforts I've contributed to and the philanthropic causes which are near and dear to my heart, but at the end of the day, I think I am truly making a difference by living in my authenticity, every day. Imagine how different our world would be if everyone were true to themselves and strived to honor their essence in every moment and avenue in their lives? </span></span></span></div>
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</span><i><span style="color: magenta;">What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Writing, unequivocally. I've tried to run from it many, many times. I thought perhaps teaching or marketing or non-profit governance would be a better fit for me, at least it'd be easier, in some sense. But each time I've tried to run as far away as I could from writing, ditching my love affair with tapping away on a computer or ferociously scribbling words and phrases on a notepad, I've run back, heels over head, into writing. It's not something I can escape nor is it something I'm supposed to escape; this is what I finally understand and have accepted. As much as I love writing, because it can be such an intimate experience for me each time I sit down at my keyboard, I can earnestly say that it can be a draining, frustrating, gut-wrenching, fruitless process. Writing is hard. It forces you to pull things out you didn't know were there and then, in turn, make sense of them. But this is my vocation. And each time I try to write something, it's my own act of courage, because I know all too well how easy it is to just walk away. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a Nigerian American who grew up in the South of the U.S. That in itself is a huge clusterfuck of culture, something I've struggled with for most of my life, trying to find the balance between all the different iterations of these spaces I was supposed to call mine, call home. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've gotten to this place, now, wherein I realize it's not really necessary for me to create separate designations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of me can peacefully coexist. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a woman.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a Black woman. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a Black woman from the South. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a Black American woman from the South and am also African. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's okay. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It might be confusing to others, but to me, I just live each day being me. Isn't that celebration enough? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I just returned from living abroad in Madrid, Spain for nine months. It was a longtime dream of mine to live abroad and when I visited Madrid in 2012, I knew Spain would be the country I became an expat in. The nine months I lived there were filled with so many lessons and insights. I truly grew up in that short period of time, but for the most part, my expat experience was akin to suffering and persevering through endless difficult scenarios and situations. Had I been a woman with little to no strength I would've floundered in that experience. Given up with no resolve, no will to fight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I overcame being slung racist retorts and notions on a regular basis. I overcame undesirable roommates. I overcame the difficult realization of seeing my reasons for uprooting my life were ill-founded. I overcame every difficult that being an expat (of color) in a country committing to misunderstanding one encompasses. When I look back on that experience, I will forever be proud. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">What I celebrate most being about being a woman is our ability to nurture..</span> that somehow in every woman is an innate ability<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> to care for and encourage the growth or development of someone or something into something beautiful....that we have been graced to overcome insurmountable <wbr></wbr>circumstances and walk caterpillars to their butterfly stage....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That God created them beautiful, that they don't have to fit into the western consumer culture that is sold in the global media,especially for African women. That they can appreciate their features, curvy hips,wide noses,dark skin....it is beautiful... </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to tell them that they are powerful.. that they can dare to dream dreams beyond their cultural frame work that sometimes can put the woman in the home box and not empower her gift in the work area. And while they dare their dream... that they should aspire to find the balance between the woman in the office & the woman in the home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I express myself through the art of film making.I love script writing, directing & producing.I come alive when working on films,TV series & theatrical plays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also love empowering start-ups by trouble shooting resource & branding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cooking & trying out different cuisines..not at chef level :) but so far Swahili cuisine is what I can cook the best.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By daring to accomplish my film dream.First by telling a different story about Africa outside the stereotypical images of Famine, Poverty & war to inspire Africans to see their own greatness and to challenge the world to recognize the potential that exits in this continent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By using the vehicle of entertainment as a tool to mobilize people towards humanitarian causes in the continent.Through my film LEO I have campaigned for the boy child & literacy cause as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I believe my calling is to use my film making skills and entrepreneurial skills to tell a different story about Africa & support innovation and invention.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By surrounding my world with my rich African cultural influence.My favorite cuisine is Swahili and I love listening to my collection of African musicians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love touring the countries in Africa, so far I have visited six and I am looking into doing more.I express my style with a touch of Afro-centrism(rock my Afro) and love wearing a modern outfit with a touch of African fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Training my mind to be open to possibilities and having the courage to dare the impossible dream.I think I loved planning and getting it perfect the first time and as much as I practice this,I have also learnt that if not balanced, it can get in the way of dreaming. </span></div>
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</span><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I first met Makeda at a Natural Hair meeting in Cologne (Germany) where she beautifully serenaded us with her lovely voice.She was also really funny and comfortable to be around, very open. She is indeed a rock star, trust I'll be in the fan stands, rooting for her! </b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love being a woman, because we feel, we love and we give. Compassion,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> empathy and softness are often seen as our weaknesses, but I think they are our greatest strengths. </span><br />
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I wish other women, including me sometimes, were to know that they are beautiful, no matter what women like Beyonce (Yes), Shakira and Rihanna, the fashion industry and the media dictate as being beautiful and as being successful. Often I feel the pressure to look like them, to be like them, to always have to be beautiful, to follow the trends, be more this, be more that. Its tiring and frustrating never to feel like you are the ideal, that you are the standard. Your hair is not long, straight or blond, but short or frizzy, you're not tall enough, not sexy enough. It is my hope that these beauty standards will soon be overthrown. Its okay to be the way you are. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;">I</span> sing and write, I am still working on finding the right words to express my feelings and opinions. Its a journey </span><span class="emoticon emoticon_smile" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yG/r/yPn8WKWBhkW.png); background-position: -85px -92px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: inline-block; height: 16px; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; margin-top: -1px; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 16px;" title=":)"></span><span style="line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well I do communicate what I feel very strongly and I try as best as I can, to</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> live what I preach. No one is flawless, and I hope to be able to convey the </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">message I want to share with more people who feel like me, but also in the future hope to be able to achieve changes in the way people think about certain </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">societal prejudices and standards. It is never enough. I am sure I could</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> be doing a lot more. There are so many areas where there is still urgent work to be done and help to be given and examples to be set.</span><br />
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I am not quite sure, I really hope that my calling is to use the gifts God gave </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">me to uplift and help people I am still trying to figure out how to channel it. </span><br />
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</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well I am half German and half Trinidadian, but I like to define myself first and foremost as being myself. My family are my home and where I come from. What they have brought with them and given to me is my foundation and what I stand on. Being mixed has been both a challenge and a blessing. Instead of feeling like I don't belong to either of the cultures, I have decided to embrace both and belong everywhere.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My biggest obstacle. I guess, is sometimes me. Struggling to figure out how I fit in this world, and where my place is, fighting myself and who I am. At the same time I sometimes have to struggle against letting others make me feel bad about myself, them telling me how to be, pushing me into stereotypes, or beating myself up for not living up to my own or others' expectations. Yes, I have gone through painful times, painful incidents, but I think the struggle of not being happy with yourself is the biggest of all. Very often you tend to be your own enemy and the one standing most in your way. I have the feeling I am winning though (smile).</span><span style="background-color: #dbedfe; line-height: 17.066667556762695px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Connect with her using her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MakedaMusicOfficial" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">facebook</span></a> page or get a taste of her music on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/strayoff" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">youtube</span></a> .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StealATaxi" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">band</span></a> is also on facebook!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gendamusic.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Experience</span></a> her at work on this really cool video.</span></div>
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me did not have. This is an exciting time to be a woman, considering
all that women have been denied in the not so distant past. I also
celebrate being a woman by learning from exemplary figures, who
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
wish other women knew how special, beautiful, unique, strong and
powerful they are. We have the ability to shape our own lives and
identities. We should not be afraid to speak up, and we should not
have a nonchalant attitude about matters that affect us. We should
use our voices to fight for what we want and believe in. </span></span></span></div>
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express yourself creatively?</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
used to write but that has kind of fallen to the way side. I may or
may not have two inactive blogs floating around on the Internet
somewhere. Fun fact: I was once a contributing writer for the popular
Trendsetters magazine under Youth Media (now Media 365) in Zambia. I
might take up writing again someday.</span></span></span></div>
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are you making a difference in the world?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
would like to believe that my small (in the grand scheme of things)
yet significant actions make a difference in the world. I am very
passionate about women’s rights and empowerment as well a wide
variety of issues related to children. I have previously worked in a
domestic violence shelter, advocating for abused women. This was
probably the most challenging yet fulfilling work I have ever done. I
have also been a mentor and tutor to girls from low- income families
at my local Girl’s Inc chapter. That experience taught me that
undeserved girls need all the resources and tools they need to excel
in life, on top of the many socio-economic challenges they face.
Hearing girls tell me they wish I was their mom or big sister is a
pretty heart -warming experience. In those moments, I know I am doing
something right by being a positive influence in that child’s life.
To me, that is a difference made. Currently, I am a community
ambassador for a local non- profit organization that works to stop
the commercial sexual exploitation of children. This is a very
sensitive and real issue, and is also the focus of my academic
research. I also tweet about social justice issues but mostly on
women and children. I think being an ‘internet activist’ is
relevant in our present day, because there is so much one can learn
and share through social media. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
believe my calling is to be of service to others in any way I can. I
have largely focused on women and children because I believe these
are under served and vulnerable groups. There are so many issues that
affect these two groups. For now, I am loosely involved with various
organizations dealing with commercial sexual exploitation of
children, human trafficking, human rights and gender equality.</span></span></span></div>
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do you celebrate where you come from? </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
celebrate where I am from by exposing others to my culture. I often
get asked where I am from and I use that as an opportunity to let
others know about my country, my culture etc.My proudest “how do I
celebrate where I’m from” moment would have to be when I
collaborated on a special project about Zambia, with a local Boys &
Girls Club for an annual cultural challenge. It was so rewarding to
teach these kids about my country. I was quite emotional during the
dress rehearsal because the kids put so much time and effort into
learning about Zambia. They knew the president, the staple food,
provinces, currency, and everything there was to know. They put
together an amazing showcase for the cultural challenge, and it was
just a lovely experience altogether. I felt like a proud parent.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;">I
think one of the biggest obstacles I have had to overcome is doubting my
capabilities. It’s a really crippling feeling. I’ve now adopted a
positive, can-do attitude and that has helped me sail through life
much better.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #323333;">Sherida caught my eye with a blogpost and in the picture she is wearing the heck out of some red lipstick. (Dont believe me? Check out her her</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;"> <a href="https://plus.google.com/+SheridaKuffourxo/posts" target="_blank">google +</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #323333;"> ).</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>She is an incredible graphic designer who does some thought provoking work.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As shallow as it may sound, I celebrate our bodies. It is a fascinating phenomenon to me. I believe we posses the most beautiful art form in nature to call our own. Every inch of our bodies is deliberate and carved in such a way that we can give life, nurture and protect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That there is room for more of us at the top. The catty competitiveness that is often promoted within women (by both sexes) is not an example of human progress and definitely not attractive. We ought to inspire and uplift each other not pin ourselves against one another. The beauty that comes from being in a female friendship is overwhelming and so much can be achieved through that realisation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I blog! My blog is essentially my mental dumpsite. I track my musings and growth, both as a person and as a Graphic Designer. I also write poems and short stories which I store in a little pocket notebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really want to serve through my writing. My biggest inspirations come from books I have read. Nothing speaks to me more than when someone decidedly puts pen to paper to fabricate a story that is compelling and beautiful. I have discovered so much of myself just by listening to poets like Alysia Harris or reading books like ‘The Blacker The Berry’ by Wallace Thurman. This is what I want to do. I want the stories that I write to have that one person find their history in my poems and short stories. I haven’t yet shared the writer side of me, but I have lots of stories that I’m currently typesetting and working on getting published, if even for my own peace of mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My family and I have always moved from country to country. I’ve lived in Ghana (Kumasi), Holland (Rotterdam, Schiedam, Den Haag), England (Liverpool, Reading, London) and I’ve been to Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and lots more places. So it is then a little more difficult to define where I’m actually from, therefore a bit more challenging to celebrate one place. Instead, I celebrate all the cultures I have had the pleasure to be a part of. The languages I speak as a result of moving, is a direct celebration of all these places. Plus, I think that the world is so much bigger and more fulfilling than one postcode/zipcode! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obstacles are never ending. So I’m going to say that the biggest obstacle I’ve overcome this year has been letting go jealousy. As far back as I can remember, I’ve always had this mindset of wanting to know what it mine and mine only. But recently, I’ve come to a realisation that I don’t own or deserve anything in this world. Everything is by complete grace. The only valuable thing to me is God’s eternal love, that is the hope I can claim as my own. It hurts to let hurt go, but ultimately we take nothing in this life with us when we pass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b>Malayika and I met at the prestigious <a href="http://www.ayf.de/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">African Youth Foundation</span></a> Adler awards. She walked in..right behind her big big hair! Lucky for me she sat at my table, lucky for me she sang that night. Lucky for you, she wants you to know....</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: magenta;">What do you celebrate abut being a woman?</span> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I think we are highly compassionate. Besides that I'd rather say, I have a lot to be thankful for, first of all being alive, no matter of gender - it's a precious gift. </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lately I'm getting into how women and men are the same on a deeper level. We are One.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bridging gaps </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">in a joyful and groovy way. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As an Artist through my <a href="http://www.malayikamusic.de/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">music</span></a></span><span style="color: magenta;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and leading projects (e.g. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UniqueHeartbeat" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Unique Heartbeat</span></a></span> )<span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It develops mutual understanding of our mixed cultures, contrary views, gender issues, which nearly all of us experience. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my music I focus mainly on a new Pan-African consciousness and spiritual upliftment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="color: magenta; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it? </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, as my name Malayika means angel, I feel I need to let my light shine as much as I can. And encourage others to do the same.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="color: magenta; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>How do you celebrate where you come from? </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I love</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">the great variety of Pan-African music. Also I like to show my africaness through my jewellery, bright colours </span></span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wear </span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and by promoting the use of natural Karité (Shea butter).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="color: magenta; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome? </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 15.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Overcoming my inner insecurity, to really believe in myself.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Niasony is a force to be reckoned with. So many Africans talk about helping their home countries, she is actually doing that with her music, speaking about the issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b> A modern day revolutionary, Niasony is hardcore...but also so feminine at the same time.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.88888931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you celebrate abut being a woman?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Die erotische oder sexuelle Darstellung von Frauen ist für mich nicht etwas, das man feiern muss oder ein Symbol für die Freiheit der Frau</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The sexual or erotic display of women is for me nothing to celebrate , neither is it a symbol of womens' freedom</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you wish other women knew? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wir leben in einer kranken Welt und eine Frau muss immer vorsichtig sein, damit sie nicht ausgenutzt wird. Es ist besser im Regen zu tanzen als auf die Sonne zu warten!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- We are living in a sick world and a woman always has to be careful not to get used,its better to dance in the rain than to wait for the sun</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How do you express yourself creatively? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Durch meine Musik und meine Texte. Meine Songs beschreiben, wie es in mir aussieht, beschreiben meine Gefühle und nehmen so auch Bezug auf das Geschehen in meiner Heimat Kongo, die mich sehr bewegt. Solange die Situation im Kongo sich nicht verbessert, werde ich mich krank und wie nicht von dieser Welt fühlen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Through my music and lyrics.My songs describe what it looks inside of me, describes my emotions and also relates to things that happen to my home country Congo, that's what really moves me. As long as the situation in Congo does not improve, I will continue to feel sick and not of this world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How are you making a difference in the world?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Es gibt nichts, das es nicht schon mal gegeben hat. Alles was ich tue und was ich sage ist nichts neues, aber ich tue es für Gott und versuche immer mit dem Herzen zu sehen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">- There is nothing that never happened before.Everything I do and say is nothing new, but I am doing it for God and try to always see things with my heart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ich kann diese Frage nicht beantworten, das müssen andere für mich tun, die auf mich schauen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- I cannot answer this question, other people that look at me must answer this question.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How do you celebrate where you come from? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Die Musik, die ich selber spiele und die ich höre, verbindet mich mit meinen Wurzeln. Kiteke ist meine eigentliche Muttersprache, ich versuche diese wieder durch Musik zu erlernen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The music, that I personally make, and the music that I listen to connect me to my roots.Kiteke is my mother tongue, I try to relearn it through music.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Die Reise vom Kongo nach Europa war ein Kulturschock. Ich war noch ein Kind und wusste nicht, wo ich landen würde (in Deutschland).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The journey from Congo to Europe was a cultural shock. I was still a child and did not know where I would end up (in Germany).</span></span><br />
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Visit <a href="http://niasony.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Niasony's</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> website for more information on her <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3IbNcI9yUw" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">music</span></a> </span>, concert dates and contact information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Don't let the doe soft eyes fool you! Carolyn is a proud Electronic technician with a full head of curly hair and a great love for dancing </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(long hours at a time!) Her comapssionate nature and quick wit make this great lover of Africa even more pleasurable to be around.</b></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you celebrate about being a woman? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">As
a woman I celebrate a lot of things. Let me share a few with you. </span><span style="line-height: 0.38cm;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">I
celebrate the biggest God given gift which is being able to conceive
a child.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 0.38cm;"><span style="background: #ffffff;">My job is male dominated and as a female, black female I can
proudly say that I am an electronic technician in a company run by
men. I am the first female, first brown skinned female to do what I
do in this company and I realize and celebrate it every single day. I
celebrate it because I enjoy it and it interests me.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 0.38cm;">I
don't do it to prove anything to anyone, that women are capable of
doing male dominated jobs isn't really new anymore, but I salute all
women who made this path easier for me. As a brown skinned girl I
love my natural Diverse/versatile hair and of course my curvy figure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you wish other
women knew?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish that other women
knew their values of being women. Knowing your values and self-worth
you won't have to put up with foolishness nor will you degrade
yourself in any type of way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women knew
that it's extremely important to love yourself just the way you are
and also show it, because a lot of young girls in the process of
growing up look up to us and need to learn to love themselves
as-well. Especially brown skinned girls with low self-esteem who
don't feel naturally beautiful, due to the typical portrayal of the
ideal beauty of females in the media for example.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women would
recognize that nobody is perfect and in order to move forward in
life, we would have to put petty issues which we have amongst each
other aside and focus on positive changes. We need to use every
single chance we get as females in this world to make a difference
and not waste it on nonsense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having the greatest gift
to carry out new life makes us women teachers from day one! We have a
duty! We can make big things happen working together than working
against each other.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women knew
that it's not attractive to degrade your man just because you have
achieved so much in life, just because you worked so hard and have it
all and actually don't even need a man to take care of you. In my
opinion we're supposed to achieve so much as women in the first
place, its not new and its not something to brag about.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are supposed to be
independent regardless of anything, life is tough so obviously we
have to work hard., your man has nothing to do with that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes Mr. James Brown “this
is a mans world BUT it don't mean nothing without a woman’s heart”
not without a woman’s emancipation overflow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How do you express yourself creatively?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put my expressions into writing about topics that disturb me as well as topics that interest me the most. I enjoy writing articles although I haven't really published any yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mingling with different people at events, sharing and exchanging interests and ideas is one the ways I also enjoy expressing myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like to put my feedback into interviews, articles, stories on blogs and such like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How are you making a difference in the world?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, dealing with the web page <a href="http://ifwebantu.com/home.php" target="_blank">'ifwebantu'</a> and the facebook group '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/AfromassigTeam/" target="_blank">afromaßig schön</a> ', I try my best to make a particular orientation of people look at them themselves and their where they are from more positively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to show how beautiful other parts of the world are, especially Africa. The continent is not portrayed very well in the media and this gives people a very false image of what Africa is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many Africans are more interested in learning about European countries or America than the African counties and their capitals. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also a victim of that and only later realized how important it is to have knowledge of where you are from which is also one of the aims of <a href="http://ifwebantu.com/home.php" target="_blank">ifwebantu</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to concentrate more on the “doing” than on the “talking”. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How am I going to make progress by making statements without actually laying a hand on anything?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where I'm from, you are
brought up by your parents who guide you, to accomplish as much
as possible in life, they want the best for you and want to bring out
the best in you and once you are settled you start to give back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I see Africa/Zambia as my
motherland although I am a mix of different cultures. Being my motherland, I think it's
time for me to start to give back! I want to bring out the best and
do what's best for my fellow brothers and sisters in Africa/Zambia.
Something I recently realized.
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celebrate where I am from just by eating the staple food and
introducing it to others. </span><br />
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and taking part in events to do with Zambia or with Africa in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also do this by working with a colleague on a <a href="http://ifwebantu.com/home.php" target="_blank">ifwebantu</a> , it has to do with the uplifting of Africans,
news about what's going on here and there, showing and sharing the
beauty of our people, the land and the wildlife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few
girls and myself opened a group for Africans in Germany mainly who
have difficulties dealing with their natural hair, not only because
of the weather here in Europe, but also because a few of them cannot
accept the fact that they look beautiful in their natural state.
Members are free to ask questions, advise each other on hair products
and post pictures. Loving yourself just the way you are is also
respecting your roots. For me that's a form of celebrating who you
are.</span></div>
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biggest obstacle I have had to overcome would be realizing that my
interests have changed throughout the years. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a child one always
has big dreams to do big things which are then later on accomplished,
but only to find out that you are not passionate about these things
anymore. There is almost no turning back once you are so deep into
the system you already built up for yourself and it has been and
still is the biggest obstacle I am trying to overcome. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying to
start new and at the same time trying to combine what I once was
passionate about with my new interests and building up on that.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can keep up with Carolyn on <a href="http://ifwebantu.com/home.php" target="_blank">ifwebantu</a> and on the facebook page of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/AfromassigTeam/" target="_blank">afromaßig schön</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I celebrate our fighting spirits, the warmth in our hearts and our billowing emotions. I celebrate our curves. That we have so much more we can wear compared to men! I celebrate the saying, 'behind every great man is a great women.' I celebrate that we strive for more, and that with each generation we achieve more, and more, and more. </span><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wish all women knew how much they are capable of. Despite that I see us women taking great strides, I see many women accepting that they should do things a certain way. I see women accepting less than they should. I see women passing up opportunities </span><span style="line-height: 15.45138931274414px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because</span><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> they think they can't. I see women not speaking out. Each of us has an internal battle to fight. That is to overcome our personal insecurities, fears and limitations. When we take small steps each day towards security, fearlessness and limitless freedom, then each of us is on to something individually. Then when we group together, supporting each other and working together as one 'womanhood' if you like, we are incredibly powerful.
There is also something else I wish women knew - that there is no need to pursue fake, that we were born with everything we need to look beautiful. We need to tell the message of natural beauty over and over again to our young girls and teenagers who are growing up now. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the surface it may look like I have not fed my creative spirit since I graduated from my degree in Graphic Design and Illustration in 2005. I threw myself into trying to build a career for myself. Then I realised I'd been selling my soul. I wasn't happy. So from 2009 onwards I have dedicated every spare minute to building my businesses. My roles at work require creative thinking through writing and design for ourselves and our clients. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">But, aside from my creative work I have known for a long time that I need to express my creative self more. So about three months ago, I started my personal blog. That was a challenge to myself which you can read in </span><a href="http://saradrawwater.com/blog/that-terrifying-first-post" style="color: #1155cc; line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">my first post</a><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It is a space for me to write whatever I want - no agenda, no rules, not even any real focus right now. It is literally my writing experiment. Aside from that I have dreams of writing visually expressive books. Like coffee table books - a mix of typography, image, illustration, the content of which I have decided yet. No doubt it will be an eclectic expression of the things that make me, me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This was a hard question for me to answer because I don't like 'blowing my own trumpet'. But that in itself is a problem that many women have. We undersell ourselves. So I pushed myself to answer this honestly. I give every minute of every day my best shot. Time is precious and I have an obligation to use my blessings and talents to the max. I make a point of being polite, patient and friendly to everyone I meet - from the person behind a till to business leaders. A talk to a cleaner the same as I would talk to my clients. A please, thank you, have a nice day and a smile can go such a long way. I have a strong philosophy that runs through my core - treat others as you want to be treated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My calling is to help raise the profile of Zambia (my home) and Africa. My calling is to use my talents in communication and marketing to spread a more positive image of Africa. When I was young, I remember visiting England and seeing all these disaster stories about Africa on the TV. This was so different to the Africa I knew. Don't get me wrong, Africa has many a challenge. But so does everywhere else! It is not my role to perpetuate the stories of corruption, political unrest, civil war, HIV, malnutrition and the general negative attitude the world has of Africa, and in fact the negative attitude many Africans have of Africa. My role is to cultivate and spread the stories of success, of economic growth, of individual success, of health and happiness. Africa suffers a bit of a marketing catastrophe. Bad things happen everywhere. Not just in Africa. It's just other continents present their 'brand' better. I want to help change Africa's 'brand'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What am I doing about it? Well, Something Beckons works closely with our sister company in Zambia. <a href="http://thebestofzambia.com/" target="_blank">The Best of Zambia</a> is currently in it's fourth year, and it's third website redesign. Each time we do a little more within the limited resources we have. We are getting to the stage where our product and systems are about right to test things out in other Zambian cities and other African countries. 2014 and 2015 are BIG years for us. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.453125px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I never forget! There is something about being born in Africa that seems to tug at your heart all the while. I don't know if this is true for everyone who finds themselves in another land far from home. Who I am, celebrates where I come from. I am proud to be different - I'm proud to have the confidence to express different opinions, views and approaches. I find many people accept the norm, whereas I question it. I also celebrate where I am from through simpler things like my style, my taste in music and going out of my way to buy products like mealie-meal, rape, okra and goat meat so we can cook food that remind us of meals we shared at our Grandparents homes, surrounded by family and friends. </span></span></div>
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</span>Limited financial resources has been the biggest obstacle by far. If banks would lend to us, if we had more personal resources to allocate, if more people would lend a hand we would have achieved far more in a shorter time period. But this is true for everyone, not just us. I hear many people say they cannot do things because they can't afford it. We couldn't afford to start Something Beckons or <a href="http://the%20best%20of%20zambia/" target="_blank">The Best of Zambia</a> Some would say we still can't afford it! Every day is hard and we've been in some real financial tangles. It is getting better but it will be years before we are fully recovered. But I believe we will get there and it will be so worth it for me, my family, our team of people who we are taking with us, the businesses we work with and ultimately for Zambia and Africa. The joy of doing what you believe in is that even before the battle is won, you have a ripple effect of positivity. I'm not sure when I will stand back and say I have won the battle, but I do want to be remembered for a ripple effect of positivity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/108780974398681711177" target="_blank">+Sara Drawwater</a> can be found on twitter @sara_drawwater and @thebestofzambia. The best of Zambia can also be found on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebestofzambia?fref=ts" target="_blank">facebook</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm an only girl with four brothers - which meant growing up my closest friends were my brothers and I was a tom boy to boot! I loved being able to do all the stuff that was traditionally meant for 'boys' which included washing and polishing the car, now you might wonder what has this got to do with celebrating being a woman right? Well being a woman that my mother brought me up to be means being multi-dimensional - I am feminine but not weak, I'm comfortable talking about knitting as I am talking about rugby. And that is what I celebrate the most!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.449999809265137px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I curate content - I write, I tweet (yes I seriously did mention tweeting as a creative outlet, it is 2013 after all LOL!).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.449999809265137px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beyonce's 'I am here' plays again...LOL..No seriously as stated above I strongly believe that little actions and gestures make an impact and I believe my calling is to always at least each day make some-one smile whether friend or stranger and I do that by stories that we share on Chaud, the listening ear and just being there!</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.449999809265137px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think the latest Issue on Chaud 'The New Africa' issue is how I celebrate where my roots are. I might not shout it out everyday but as Kwame Nkurumah said 'I'm African not because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me'. And oh the ability to speak quite a few African languages other than Shona is another way I celebrate being African.</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15.449999809265137px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.449999809265137px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biggest obstacle? Hmmm embracing the fact that I'm an introverted extrovert (an introvert who seems extrovert ) and that's really who I am and loving that introverted geek who can express herself with words and art and fashion! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>This dark skinned beauty is one to keep your eye on with her fun involvement with media, live events and charity work. Jen is an outspoken young lady with a great love for Africa, if she is not hosting her show, you can find her working hard on her other projects or pinning away on Pinterest :)</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;">What
do you celebrate ab</span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;">out being a woman?</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">In
the past and also nowadays, in some countries women don’t have the right to speak and express themselves. Today I live in a country
where, as a woman, I am able to think, talk, write and live on my
own terms. I am proud and celebrating my being a woman because I know
that we are fighters. Without important Women like </span><a href="http://www.bornblackmag.com/yaa.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;" target="_blank">Nana YaaAnsante waa</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;"> from Ghana who fought for us we would not be where we are now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">I
can work in different kind of jobs without getting strange looks from others, e.g. in a hospital as a nurse, as an engineer or
event as Chancellor (like Angela </span>Merkel<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;"> ). I can express different kinds of feelings
where ever I am, even in public!</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest thing is that I can carry
a life inside of me and give birth. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We women are fighters because
sometimes in terms of a career we have to work harder to get to the same level as a man.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Women are strong and responsible. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even whilst going through a hard time, we never forget that we are a wife, a sister or a
mother.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I read a great quote:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;"> <i> <b>'</b></i></span><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;"><i><b>A woman is the backbone of
a family, society and nation.' </b></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I totally I agree with this
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you wish other women knew?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We
need to know that we can learn from each other. In addition to this,
if we don’t want to do something: we can say NO without feeling
guilty. We can define ourselves without letting another person do it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">We should learn how to repair broken things at home or how to
change a tire so that we don’t depend on other people. We should
</span><span lang="en-US">make ourselves and our own needs a
priority. We should know how to examine our breasts. I wish women
would know how to speak their minds whether in job or in bed. </span>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How
do you express yourself creatively?</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not a person with an obvious talent. My talents are in writing my thoughts down. Therefore I originated a blog called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Frolicious" target="_blank">"Frolicious"</a> where a good friend of mine Dunja and I blog about African urban lifestyle.I also love</span> planning different events with my charity
project <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Rastafairys" target="_blank">"Rastafairys 4 Africa"</a> which I set up with the
actress <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosma-Shiva-Hagen/108146339205786" target="_blank">Cosma Shiva Hagen</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">In the past I wrote poems. I am good at
solving problems for other people or finding solutions. I like
surprising my family and my friends. </span>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="en-US">How
are you making a difference in </span><span lang="en-US">the
world?</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">Making
a difference to the world may seem like an enormous task, but </span><span lang="en-US">the size of the contribution is not what
matters most. The key here is to have the heart to do it. I read another quote: </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i> <b>“Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.”</b></i> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's
true.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">One
of my motto's is<i><b> </b></i></span><br />
<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;"><i><b> “To receive, you must first give”</b></i>.</span><br />
<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;"> I try to give
happiness and love. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">I am not judgemental
and give everybody a chance. I like to get to know people and don’t
judge them at the first sight. I am able to help people by
encouraging them if they need it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">I
like taking control and responsibilities of my actions. I am not a
person who complains or whines the whole time. I am a person who thinks about the situation and about the possibilities to change it. I
am not afraid of leading people or make decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;">I
never give up if it seems impossible to reach the goal. Sometimes it
annoys other people but it also sometimes encourages others to grow
with me. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always have an aim and I always work on towards my goal. Somebody told me that I am able to carry people with my enthusiasm
and that it is never boring with me.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">I
think my calling is to help other people that’s the reason why I am
director of a charity project and also CEO and Founder of Frolicious
where I write about my experience with natural hair. I am trying to
help people to avoid the same mistakes I did. In addition to this I
am a good listener and very empathetic. </span>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How
do you celebrate where you come from?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was born in Hamburg,Germany but my parents are from Ghana.Although I don’t
look mixed I am in my soul.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like wearing African prints like
Kente from Ghana. Every time I get to talk with other people from
Ghana I celebrate it.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Twi is a great language and I am happy that I
haven't forgot it all. I like being around people, it doesn't matter
where they come from to learn from them or to change life
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out her blog <a href="http://www.frolicious.de/" target="_blank">Frolicious</a>!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can also watch Jen on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Afrika-Outlook/210317439033489?directed_target_id=0" target="_blank"> Afrika Outlook</a> , enjoy her natural hair page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Frolicious?fref=ts" target="_blank">Frolicious</a> or follow her on twitter @rastafairys or @rastafairy_jen .</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is also on instagram! </span></span><a class="_553k" href="http://instagram.com/jenmartensworld" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">instagram.com/jenmartensworld</span></a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-14646037705595969472013-09-16T17:55:00.000-07:002014-01-06T06:07:40.431-08:00Mukuni<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Mukuni is a courageous woman, that has found her calling in encouraging people around her using her faith in God. A proud wife, mother and Social Worker, Mukuni offers a voice of hope to those with a listening ear.She also loves shoes :)</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe women hold a special place in God’s heart. I am created in the image of God, fearfully and wonderfully made. That’s who God says I am and that’s what I live by. I like that I possess a kind, nurturing and compassionate nature. Also, I can own truck loads of shoes and not have to justify why ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">I wish above all things that every woman will come to the realisation that they are created in the image of God. That they are beautiful just as they are. We don’t have to constantly try to be someone else or be at loggerheads with one another all the time. Additionally, everything you need is in God, He is our source and until we go back to the Source, everything will remain chaotic. It’s okay to be different even as women, if anything our differences are what make us beautiful collectively. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">I like writing. I used to write poems and short stories in primary and Junior High School but it’s something I have never taken seriously. Maybe it’s high time I revisited this ‘hidden’ talent, who knows where it will lead me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am telling people about my walk with God, I am a born again Christian and am not ashamed to let this be known in my sphere of influence and beyond. Because of my faith, I try by all means to see the positive in everyone and to ensure that in all my interactions with people, I bless them with my words, smile and countenance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">I believe the Lord has called me to be a Worshipper and an encourager, it’s such a dark world out there. Everywhere you look it’s bad news. I serve in my church’s Praise and Worship team as a singer. I am constantly encouraging people through my Facebook and Twitter pages, on the phone, a prayer group I’m part of on Whatsapp and my one on one interactions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I come from Zambia and I am very proud of my roots and heritage. I speak 3 local languages fluently (Bemba, Nyanja and Mambwe) and I am not ashamed to express myself in my mother tongue (Bemba). I like how rich the Proverbs in Bemba are. I have taken it upon myself to teach my daughter Bemba so that I can pass on this part of our heritage to her. I am enjoying the journey because I believe each time one sets out to teach, they begin a journey of re-discovery and learning too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;">The biggest obstacle I have had to overcome was relocating to Zambia after having lived in England for a while. Settling back in was quite a challenge, especially with regards to finding employment. But the flip side meant I had all the time in the world to be a dotting wife and mother to my little girl. In hindsight, I believe that’s a deliberate pause that God put in my life in order for me to re-arrange my priorities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>If you need encouragement, prayer or just someone to talk to, you can connect with Mukuni on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blessed-To-Be-A-Blessing/1376180115950807?hc_location=stream" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or follow her on twitter @Kashsimps.</b></i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-14125101646120126042013-08-20T11:14:00.000-07:002013-11-03T14:09:26.203-08:00Anna<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Anna left a great impression on my heart with her intelligence, amazing perspective on life and her bravery in taking a stance on the LGBTI community in Zambia.I greatly admire her open outlook and fierce determination but most of all how deeply authentic she is.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to answer this question because at that point in time I wanted to distance myself from women and womanhood. Yes, I was one of those women who said “I’m not part of the sisterhood, thank you very much” and “I don’t have female friends because women are so [insert ignorant generalizations here].” It took me a while to realize that I felt this way because I’d internalized a lot of the negative ideas our society has about women: that they’re superficial, stupid, catty, and obsessed with satisfying men.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the systems, norms, and traditions that devalue, belittle, and subjugate women, we’ve been able to fight back: to assert our worth and strength. I celebrate this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women understood the value of being a feminist. Being a feminist doesn’t mean you hate men or that you want to prevail over them. Feminism isn’t a doctrine or an organization. Being a feminist means being aware of the social systems that devalue women (and other oppressed groups such as LGBTI populations) and challenging them for the sake of increased social justice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I write and tell stories. More recently, I’ve found that being involved in social justice activism is a great opportunity for creative expression. I exercise creativity in trying to think of effective ways to alter negative mindsets and mobilizing people to participate in creating a more equal, more accepting world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that I’m making a difference in the world by being a feminist. Feminism changes the way you engage with people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me give you one example: through feminism, I’ve become aware of how over-preoccupied we are as a society with the appearance of women. Think for a second: what are the first things people remark upon when they are in the presence of a little girl? There’s nothing wrong with complimenting a person’s appearance, but guess what? Young girls internalize this and begin to think that being pretty is the most important thing about them. This can damage self-esteem. This can fuel negative perceptions of body image. This can mess with perceptions of worth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think for a second how many women you know who have no issues at all with their appearance. It’s rare. Most women hate or are ashamed of their bodies. Many women are preoccupied with trying to fix or hide “flaws.” Many, like me, have had eating disorders and have suffered deeply because we didn’t live up to expectations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It frustrates me to think of all the time I’ve wasted over the years scrutinizing my body, dieting, hating myself, crying over my perceived ugliness, and admiring “perfect” bodies. This is time that could have been spent increasing my knowledge, making the people in my life happy, and contributing productively to make the world a better place. Because of feminism, I know not to make the same mistakes others made in focusing on appearance and letting another girl waste years of her life fixating on her looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also believe I’m making a difference through my activism for LGBTI people. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people face a lot of legal and social challenges in Zambia. I’m currently involved in work that tries to help Zambians understand that LGBTI are normal people that deserve the same rights and respect as everyone else. It’s difficult work with little immediate reward, but I believe it will be worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am still trying to figure out my calling, but I’m sure it has got something to do either with making art or leaving the world in a better shape than I found it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although not by choice, I grew up alienated from my heritage and local culture. I’m one of those Zambians that does not speak any indigenous languages and is ignorant about traditional culture (shame on me!). Recently, I’ve become very passionate about correcting this: I’m learning Nyanja, Tumbuka, and some Bemba; I probe my grandmother to tell me stories and share her knowledge; and I’m trying to learn as much as possible about traditional education. I’m loving it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s been a struggle to accept and love myself for who I am. I still find myself hating my body, doubting my abilities, dealing with social anxiety, and being crippled by low self-esteem but I’m in a better place than I’ve ever been because I at last recognize my value as a person and this helps me deal with all of these challenges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can read Anna's <a href="http://seriousfaces.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">blog</a> for more insightful thoughts and clever blog post titles :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">Being a woman is a celebration in its own right.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I celebrate it mostly in my duties of being a mother because honestly it is the most profound experience that I'm still currently experiencing (if that makes any sense *laughs*) is what has me me grow as a person as a woman.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I wish other women knew how to truly be in love with themselves. Something I am still currently working toward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I express myself creatively through fashion. When I put outfits together its never a reflection of the current trend but a reflection of how I feel in that moment. I strive to set trends not follow them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I haven't quite established how I'm making a difference in the world. But I have established making a difference in people's lives however I can. Whether its by just buying a meal for a homeless person or giving words of encouragement to a friend going through hard times. I am blessed to be a blessing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I believe my calling is to own my own fashion house. I am still working toward it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><i>How do you celebrate where you come from? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">I don't celebrate where I come from enough but I am working on it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;"><i>What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">My biggest obstacle I am still in the middle of overcoming it now; I know everything will work out as God has planned. Finding myself and my place here on earth. I am under construction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">My favourite Daina quote about her son is <i>' </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><i>I'm a movement by myself but a force when we're together.. He makes me better '</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.453125px;">You can check out Daina's stylish looks (and follow her) on <a href="http://instagram.com/p/ZihzfIBOUy/" target="_blank">instagram</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Founder of <a href="http://www.booksforzambia.com/" target="_blank">Books For Zambia</a>, exceedingly ambitious with a huge heart for improving literacy in Zambia, Theresa inspires with her writing<span style="line-height: 14px;">, spreads smiles with her wit,</span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 14px;"> and definitely shows that one person can stand up and do something about a particular issue touching their heart.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can’t find a singular answer for how I celebrate womanhood, though I can start by saying I like my new pink stilettos! However, I do celebrate being a citizen of the world. When I wake up each morning I revel in the possibilities of a new day and my role in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish more women knew their worth and that they can be their own advocates without looking for validation from men. Make every day your own personal International Women’s Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing is the best way I express myself. Additionally, I like to play with paint on canvas and wood. I also enjoy crocheting colorful scarves for myself and family, I hope they wear them! I have some interesting paintings in my apartment, but they are not going to exhibition! I find working and creating with my hands very therapeutic and empowering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I help my home town library in Luanshya with books and locally I teach 4th Grade Sunday School in my church. It gives me great pleasure that my efforts are expanding young people’s views and potentially changing their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t believe I have a single calling, I am rather dynamic but I do thrive in a position of guidance and enhancement to others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>How do you celebrate where you come from?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By keeping the values my parents instilled in me about being a worthy human being and respecting others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has to be starting over in a new country, trying to make ends meet and rolling with major cultural shock far from family and friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>You can purchase Theresa's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0595301916" target="_blank">here</a> or visit her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/106283276063167/?fref=ts" target="_blank">facebook page</a>, feel free to donate books to Books for Zambia, change the reading experience of Zambian children!</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>You can also listen to my <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/zambiablogtalkradio/2013/06/29/diasporan-truth-theresa-lungu" target="_blank">radio interview</a> with her.</b></i></span></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chola</span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has a strong passion for teenage girls and preserving Zambian cultural heritage through education and networking.She does this by organising fun events that are interactive.You can find her chatting with other women,brainstorming over a cup of tea (or glass of wine :) ) when she is not busy with her family.</span></b></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Interesting question, I celebrate being a Mum even to children that I didn't birth, being able to dress up and look stunning , being a sister , I hear God made man but created women so I celebrate being Gods creation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you wish other women knew?</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish other women knew that you do not need another human; man or child to define you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><i><span style="color: magenta;">How do you express yourself creatively?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used to write a lot before I had children, I also used to make fun jewelry with colourful beads, now I organize events where I and other women get to express themselves. I also sing a lot, in the car though. :)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><i><span style="color: magenta;">How are you making a difference in the world?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By making a little contribution in my community, informing Zambian women about their rich culture and traditions. I believe we should not forget where we've come from and we shouldn't adopt a new identity all together. My contribution is sharing the little information I have and creating platforms for women to share.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe my calling is to teach in a fun and interactive way. I am doing it through </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Katuntulu</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Edutainment.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through my events.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><i><span style="color: magenta;">What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My obstacles are getting information from the different tribes, finances and time because I work full time and I have a young family.Also c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">onvincing people that being proud of your culture is important.I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ts a process, still working on overcoming these obstacles</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><i>To get in touch with Chola and Kantululu Edutainment you can email her: kantululu1@gmail.com</i></b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><b><i>Listen to Chola speak about one of her <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/zambiablogtalkradio/2013/06/15/diasporan-truth-dance-pa-ngoma" target="_blank">projects</a> .</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beauty, the complexity, and the brutality of the life of an African woman, with the victory after every battle.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><i>See those fierce curls?This woman has many tricks up her sleeve..(and in her kitchen!) to get her hair that shiny and dark :) She is the mother of three beautiful children and is working on providing care to pregnant women and children.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you celebrate about being a woman?</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything, I love being a woman.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our God given ability to give birth, breast feed our babies and be a mother.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our sensuality and femininity that allows us to be warm loving wives.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our caring and loving ways that allow us to be wonderful sisters, daughters, aunties and more.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><i style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you wish other women knew?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That we as women, should know our value and worth first and not seek validation of it from others.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do you express yourself creatively?</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In various ways.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through cooking and making meals that not only bring nourishment but show the love put forth.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also via natural hair, my natural hair provides a unique canvas for me to create my own masterpiece.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How are you making a difference in the world?</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By helping others in any way possible, not matter how small, every single day.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wake up every single day trying to help someone with something…in the simplest ways too.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It can be as simple as paying forward for someone’s coffee who is behind me in line…</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or buying a laundry detergent to leave in the laundry room for others to use…</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or simple emails with solutions sent to someone having natural hair issues.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you believe is your calling and what are you doing about it?</span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Natural Hair and working in the medical field.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I founded a Facebook natural hair support group called Zedian Naturals to provide a platform for anyone who has loose or locked natural hair as well as relaxed hair to learn and share natural hair tips.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am currently pursuing my educational goal of practicing and providing wellness care to pregnant women and children.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do you celebrate where you come from?</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By owning my name and not tweaking it for the world to have an “easier” time saying or learning my name. I don’t give abbreviations anymore, instead I spell it phonetically for them. i.e cee-bong-eelay</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband and I also made sure we named our children vernacular names as well to remind them of their strong Zambian roots.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By being a proud Zambian and saying so, I celebrate being Zambian everyday.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you consider to be the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Accepting myself as beautiful and uniquely created as God had intended.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><i>For more of Sibongile's natural hair tips and styles please visit her </i></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/zediannaturals/" target="_blank"><b><i>facebook group</i></b></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Women created the feminist movement, had the power to bring about change in countries like Liberia through denying their husbands sex (and it worked), women like Cleopatra changed Egyptian history forever, and let’s not forget the Dahomey Amazon’s who were an all-women military unit from Benin who were feared by other tribes for their strength in battles. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">That it’s okay to have an opinion. I think too often, with how we are raised, we are told to let the men do the talking and make the decisions because they are the ones who will take care of us in the end. We’re all girls in my family except my dad, so when we had to make a decision, he’d let us all share our thoughts and take them into consideration.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">When I came back to Zambia, I noticed that a lot of young ladies were so obsessed about getting married. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it seems to me like it’s a race to see who posts their wedding pictures first on social media etc. It’s like if you’re 25 and single, you’re cursed. I just want women to know it’s okay to take your time and ‘do you’ not just in relationships, but in everything else. We shouldn’t spend our lives comparing ourselves to each other and constantly competing with each other, that we don’t live for ourselves. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How I express myself creatively has changed throughout the years. When I was a kid, I wrote short stories. When I was in high school in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Addis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ababa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Ethiopia, I was in an all female dance group called ‘United Girls’ and we performed hip hop and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rhumba</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> routines at school competitions and other events. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my older life, I express myself creatively through my blog <a href="http://afrosocialiting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Afrosocialiting</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which I started while I was in New York and have continued to update now that I’m in Lusaka, through the Social Media Management + Content Generation company I co-manage with former </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mukaintu</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> interviewee <a href="http://mukaintu.blogspot.de/2013/03/mukuka.html" target="_blank">Mukuka</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> called ‘<a href="http://c1rca1964.com/" target="_blank">C1rca 1964</a>’. At the core, C1rca’s mission is to connect #</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zedcreatives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (or Zambian </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">creatives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) online and offline, so I get to create content and connect people for a living which is awesome.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know, I’m only 24, so maybe you should ask me that when I’m 40.LoL.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a serious note, starting with Zambia, I hope to think that by connecting </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zedcreatives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I am somehow helping people build partnerships that could lead to them enriching their lives either financially or in other ways.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was the keynote speaker in May 2012, at a charity event for ‘Empower Zambia’ which teaches business techniques to entrepreneurs in Zambia, so I hope to be involved with the organization more this year. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through working with one of our C1rca clients, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barefeet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Theatre who teach theatre and acrobatic skills to youth, I believe by promoting their work over social media, I am helping in a small part to getting more donors on board to help them continue changing the lives of Zambian youth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was seven, I knew I wanted to be a writer because I enjoyed story time , so telling stories had to be in my future. You would have thought I’d have studied English Literature or something in university, but I didn’t because I didn’t want my writing voice to be lost or to have to write on command.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My calling is to be a writer, and with social media, it’s great because I share my work through my blog and I write for sites like </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afripop</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Mag, our c1rca site and in the past I have contributed to Heritage 1960, Applause Africa Mag, Mimi Magazine, Africa Style Daily, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diasporan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Darlings and more.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrating my country Zambia has been ingrained in me since I was born, as I was born into diplomacy. My dad’s job was to represent Zambia in various countries we’ve lived in, like Germany, Ethiopia, the United States and the other countries he was accredited to as an Ambassador. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I was raised to be a young ‘Zambian ambassador’which meant educating people about my beautiful country. In high school, we had ‘UN Day’ which means everyone had to dress in their traditional attire and bring food from their countries. I always went all out and wore </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chitenge</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and brought in ‘finkubala’ (caterpillars) which one of my teachers loved! So throughout the years, I’ve represented Zambia at the United Nations Youth conference and at a few other events.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In terms of celebrating Africa, I graduated with a degree in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Africana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Studies. I would like to use that degree and my future masters in Public Heritage and Culture and Curatorial studies to open a museum, and to maybe be a professor in African Music and African Fashion. My twitter handle is @</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">afrosocialtie</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, so it doesn’t get any African than that. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I tweet a lot of articles about African music, fashion etc and news as well.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In recent times, I’d say moving back to Lusaka, Zambia after not living here for about 9 years. I moved back, set up a company in an industry that is still in its infancy here, so it was hard initially convincing companies why they needed a service we provided. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>For more of Mazuba you can visit her <a href="http://afrosocialiting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> or read more about her adventures with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fest-Gurus/121831664685381" target="_blank">Fest Gurus</a>. Also you can follow her on twitter @afrosocialite</b></i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077825714294286210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695181051136370340.post-3612878750956605132013-04-16T11:08:00.000-07:002013-11-03T14:38:34.668-08:00Bwalya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This outspoken daredevil (note the motorbike!) is a lover of words...reading and writing them.A strong willed woman that is not afraid to speak her truth, Miss Bwalya is noted for her perception and expression on thought provoking issues.</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I celebrate being a woman by not taking for granted the sacrifices made by those who came before me. I have an education, career opportunities, and other privileges and freedoms that only two generations ago were un-thought of for women in my family. Knowing this makes me work even harder and reach higher for my dreams to not diminish what I have attained. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For most, the struggle to know ourselves is life-long. As we travel through life, and experience various things our strengths and weaknesses become more clearly defined. Do not focus just on your strengths while ignoring your weaknesses; work on both to achieve success and do not let the visions others have for you define the type of woman you should become. Be self-aware.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing has always been my go-to means of personal expression. I do this through my personal blog, social media, short stories, and the manuscript I’m currently working on to be my first novel. It’s too easy to fall back on the excuse that writings often go unread so why bother. I bother because I believe my voice is important, and I want to add to the collective narrative of the world in which I live. No one can tell my story better than I can.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmm…this is kind of a loaded question and how does one answer without sounding like a blowhard? I would consider personal contributions of time and money to organisations working in the areas I feel most passionately about – childhood education and microfinancing in Zambia, as being the primary vehicle for me making a difference in the world.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe my calling is to write. Professionally I do a lot of research and prepare reports/analysis which is aided by my ability to write, and I have gained invaluable experience writing for varying audiences.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as mentioned previously, I live my passion for writing through my blog and current book project. I’m not yet in a position to write full time, but it is something I continue to work towards. Writing is the first step, getting published is the second.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How do you celebrate where you come from?</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I celebrate being a Zambian by sharing with the world the stories of my country and people. For a country not as well-known on the global stage as others, we often find ourselves in the news for negative things – political corruption, high levels of poverty and HIV/AIDS. These are not the whole story, and as such I try to do my part through my writing to show a different side. We need to own our stories and share them constantly, thus making it harder for others to pigeon hole us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To date, my biggest obstacles have been fear and self-doubt. To overcome this I have adopted the personal philosophy of “Get it Done.” Every day I put off something because of fear and self-doubt is one I will never get back and puts me further back from achieving my goals. This is something I continually work on, I am a work in progress. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more of Bwalya please visit her </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seize-the-Moment/115663535180760" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">facebook page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> or read her thought provoking </span><a href="http://www.missbwalyawrites.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. You can also follow her on twitter @MissBwalya</span></i></span></div>
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