Of Triggers, Randomness and Well Laid Plans

One of the books that have played a pivotal role in my psychological development is Ghost In The Machine by Arthur Koestler. This is a prodigious writer whose name and titles I had encountered in mostly second hand bookshelfs since my younger days in Durban as well as Cape Town and Joburg. The titles of

Toward a full review the book: The Oromo An Ancient People Great African Nation

“The Oromo are not fetishists. They believe in Waaqa toko, unique universal creator and master. They see His manifestations in the great forces of nature, without mistaking them for Him. The Oromo abhor idolatory. Even more, they have not raised any temple to Waaqa, nor to awulia; they repudiate all anthropomorphic representation of the Divinity.

Conversations in the Light of Blackness

This conversation between two of the most authentic Black artists is so powerful, so instructive, so wise.

Black Wealth Matters

People Ask me what books do I read. Well, I really read many varied books, but this is what I recommend in this time: https://store.theblackbusinessschool.com/collections/books https://store.theblackbusinessschool.com/

string along sing-along science

https://www.quantamagazine.org/milestone-experiment-proves-quantum-communication-really-is-faster-20181219/

Electric, Eclectic Word Life

Jazz is a 4 Letter Word

‘it means exploitation …jazz to me is not our music …jazz is a four letter word …its not either or …this and that …and this and that …”

world building 102

  “But there is no one left to turn on the stars …” PodCastle 549: Fixer, Worker, Singer  

Word Craft and Musicality

http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/Page6/a-history-of-seven-killings-marlon-james-2016/

Sacred Man : A Book focussing on raising great Black men.

It takes a village to raise a child. This Afrikan adage is swiftly losing its meaning as it becomes abundantly clear that modernity insists on families raising children individually and with not much effort placed on communal ties. This book comes in at a great time as we are raising three boys in an environment