The Adventure Issue
The most precious commodity of our time is our stories. And after that are our storytellers. I marvel at the ability to tell a story as it was and have viewers sitting at the edge of their seats hanging onto every word being said and I revere those that can create the platforms and stay inquisitive to the story as it unfolds. We can never truly have one perspective of one story. It really depends on who’s telling you and how well they can capture your attention. My children’s birth story I find has so many perspectives – my husband’s, mine and perhaps that of my midwife or gynae. My husband tends to be much more dramatic and animated in retelling his shock at the power of a woman’s body - that seems to win many over. But one thing remains true, no matter who tells it, it gives you an idea of a moment in time when a child came into the world and changed our lives.
The reality of this is that whoever tells or creates the narrative ultimately wins. This person owns the narrative. It is saddening to hear of so many of our legends who have stories buried in them; the good and the bad; but these stories often go untold or muddied with untruths that don’t adequately allow them to own their truth – whether it be favourable or not.
I had to bring my dear friend Leruo “Africa” Dichaba out of her shell of privacy to cover this issue of Art of Superwoman for us to continue the Art of Storytelling conversation that is so pivotal to where we are at this point of our African journey. Leruo is executive producer of 16V Doctor Khumalo: Untold. Her main mission: To tell stories for Africans by Africans. I don’t want to speak for her, she’s the storyteller here. Watch her story and journey with us on #SheIsDriven.
We are on the journey of taking back our power and reclaiming our journeys – to finally hearing our voices in those dreams and hearing them proclaim “Stop misrepresenting me! I can speak for myself.”
Africa takes flight.
Superwoman Takes Flight
We go skydiving with Leruo Africa Dichaba as our guest. Leruo is a storyteller and entrepreneur, currently executive producing Dr. Khumalo’s Documentary, 16V Doctor Khumalo: Untold. Leruo’s gift for storytelling is what inspired this episode. Watch this superwoman take flight!
If there’s anything I’ve learnt this year is that TRAUMA is a silent killer and probably explains a lot of societal ills. Unresolved trauma has a way of subconsciously altering or significantly impacting human behaviour and in extreme cases directing people’s lives.
l almost drowned in a river as a 9-year old kid after being swept for what I would say was about a kilometre, and felt like an eternity, under water.
For the longest time I’ve always tried to lift my head above water when swimming (almost looking up to avoid water on my face) until my wife recently asked why I did that and if my neck didn’t hurt. She had obviously been observing this for some time and thought to eventually ask. She then challenged me to go under water and see how long I could hold my breath for. She even asked me to try blowing bubbles under water. After spending a few seconds under water I came up for air and the first statement I made was “it must be extremely painful to drown to death”.
In part 4 of our #GrowthSeries, Jamil Khan talks about accepting change and growth and moving away from fear-based interactions.
If you havent caught up on the other 3 parts of this conversation, do so by clicking here: Growth Series
Sthembile Nkabinde on Courage
Trauma: A Silent Killer
If there’s anything I’ve learnt this year is that TRAUMA is a silent killer and probably explains a lot of societal ills. Unresolved trauma has a way of subconsciously altering or significantly impacting human behaviour and in extreme cases directing people’s lives.
l almost drowned in a river as a 9-year old kid after being swept for what I would say was about a kilometre, and felt like an eternity, under water.
Editor's Note (October 2022)
The most precious commodity of our time is our stories. And after that are our storytellers. I marvel at the ability to tell a story as it was and have viewers sitting at the edge of their seats hanging onto every word being said and I revere those that can create the platforms and stay inquisitive to the story as it unfolds. We can never truly have one perspective of one story. It really depends on who’s telling you and how well they can capture your attention.