The Ge’ez script in Ethiopia, for example, has existed in some form for 2,000 years. It’s still used today to write
The Ge’ez script in Ethiopia, for example, has existed in some form for 2,000 years. It’s still used today to write
Writing down your thoughts can release stress. This can help to deal with negative memories from traumatic experiences. Less stress leads to better mental health, which improves the quality of life.
The world is filled with beautiful artwork. However, artist Nicholle Kobi decided that the world was filled with beautiful artworks, but not enough that displayed black women in a positive light. The French-Congolese artist became determined to display the beauty and intellect of black women through her online illustrations. NICHOLE
MENTAL PAIN IN BESSIE HEAD’S NOVEL ‘A QUESTION OF POWER’ The character Elisabeth in Bessie Head’s novel ‘A Question of Power’ is schizophrenic. For Elisabeth being schizophrenic means that she sees and hears things that don’t exist, is unclear in her thinking, and changes her behaviour very quickly. ELISABETH’S CONDITION
A language is endangered when there is a risk of it falling out of use. This happens when speakers die or lose fluency in favour of speaking another language. Endangered languages can become ‘dead’ when there are no more native speakers, or ‘extinct’ when nobody can speak the language at
In her talk on ‘The Danger of the Single Story’, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche indicated that current literature presented only one image of Africa. This Africa was always rural, impoverished, and riddled with AIDS. Novels did not depict the vibrant and diverse Africa that she knew. Growing up in America, Adiche
is a Nigerian writer. She has written many award-winning books exploring themes of identity, religion, politics, family and many more. She is a strong and gives many reasons why it is important that we fight for gender equality. Her work demonstrates how literature can be for all cultures and how
Have you ever wondered how stories are built? Have you ever wondered how they take you to such magical places, and then let you back down in the just the right way? People have been asking themselves this question for hundreds of years, and, with some analysis, it’s possible to