by Olebogeng | Feb 28, 2022 | Parenting
Societal norms demand that our boys learn to emotionally repress themselves. Boys are conditioned to master the art of suppressing their emotions and then blamed for not being able to express their feelings as men! Our tough-it-out culture can be extremely challenging...
by Olebogeng | Oct 30, 2021 | Lifestyle, Reviews, Your Voices
On Monday November 1st, all roads lead to the polls – or do they? According to the Independent Electoral Commission (I.E.C) South Africans between the ages of 20 – 29 make up an estimated 10.8 million of our 60,294,751 population. That is a significant...
by AoS Writer | Aug 28, 2021 | Reviews
Kinky Roots, A Memoir highlights twenty-two themes of the life experiences of Cybersecurity consultant, wife and mother of two Jack Russel terriers, Ingrid Arlington. She begins her journey with her earliest memories of living in Zimbabwe, growing up without her...
by AoS Writer | Aug 7, 2021 | Reviews
As a ‘born-free’ I was desensitised quite slowly to the images and videos showing the violence that occurred during Apartheid. Listening to radio shows and watching documentaries about struggle heroines and heroes painted a pretty good picture in my head of what...
by Otoabasi Bassey | Jul 10, 2021 | Reviews
Before I tucked into this book, I quickly scanned the synopsis on the inner jacket and close to the bottom, the phrase “…sensual recollections of childhood…” made me chuckle. And that is exactly what I got with this book. The author Gabriel Byrne weaves a...