Famous Friends I want to make

I love Viola Davis’s dedication to her craft.

I enjoyed her book but this after her writing on Grey’s Anatomy, HTGAWM, Scandal … Yes!

My first encounter with her was the book Rape and it was jarring but I loved how she laid out her arguments and have loved her books after.

We just need to meet Chimamanda, we just need to.

The questions I have for the William sisters, individually and collectively.

I love her memoir, Always another country. Please read it?

So who is on your list of famous friends?

 

Sunday Reads

• Yeah, I’d watch this show.
• Yaaaasssss!!! for Serena Williams.
• The danger of importing an idea without considering how it would apply to a local context. Here and Here.
• “Traveling through the neighborhoods of Cape Town is like peeling back the layers of an onion.”
• Racial underpinnings in conservation in Kenya.
• I enjoyed this piece on textural discrimination among black (hair) naturals.
• Race/ Diversity and the Church.
• Sometimes we limit God in our small thinking of Him and our calling.
• Petinah Gappah writes very well.
• Follow Jonathan Ball Publishers this month and get a free book in their give away.
• 5 Things to do when you have 10 minutes. Love this!!
• What a practical and wonderful gift to share with your parents.
• An example of a great teacher.
• Finally bit the bullet and got a pressure cooker.
• Practising a plant based diet this month (Aside: It is fine but I miss ice cream and yoghurt).

Recipes

• Yummy noodle sweet potato pasta.
• Herbed zucchini wraps.
• More on cooking with zucchini.
• I love this one-sheet chicken recipe.
• Some sweets to make in advance.
• 10 cake recipes for tea time.
• Non-dairy ice cream.

 

Sunday Reads

• The gender pay gap.
• This wedding is so sentimental for me for similar reasons.
• I love Serena Williams even more after this interview.
• Tips to beat jet lag.
• Because land is still a contentious item for former colonies.
• … and the watershed ruling that is the Daniels v Scribante judgment.
• Five African writers recommend books.
• Be a GREAT FRIEND.
• Essential Indian spices for your pantry.

Recipes to try

• Chai spiced panna cotta.
• Making this for dinner this week.
• How to assemble your potato salad.

Sunday Reads

1. Women, language, rites of passage and the khanga.
2. Cobalt mining and the lost lives in The DR Congo.
3. Rhino poaching in South Africa.
4. Attitudes to marriage in certain communities.
5. Nairobi’s art and culture scene.
6. Pssst! Africans also migrate within the continent.
7. SERENA. WILLIAMS. SWOON!!!

A reporter asked Williams whether she should be considered one of the greatest female athletes of all time. Her perfect response: “I prefer the words ‘one of the greatest athletes of all time.’”

Enjoy!!

Sunday Reads

Work has been so frantic so blog posts are few and far between but here are some Sunday goodies to enjoy!

1. The best way to end up mediocre is via tiny compromises.
2. This article has a point but it also smirks of “shame” mentality that in my mind does not advance anything beyond making us say “pity”.
3. Serena for Glamour Magazine (I mean after Lemonade,it still got better?)
4. This sounds like a great job opportunity.
5. So many great movies with strong black women in the lead to look forward to.
6. Simple but cost effective solutions to chronic homelessness.
7. A favourite Economics blogger is stepping away from the Blogosphere for a month with the possibility of making it permanent and it feels like a break up.
8. A beautiful session of pics – Black guys with their daughters. Happy Fathers Day to all dads out there especially mine!
9. I’m not sure whats happening to BBC but there are so many stories of looking up lost loved ones. This was a very (sad) but interactive one.
10. Remember the bursary for virgins only?Well, the official ruling came out that it’s discriminatory.
11. Easy to make strawberry ice cream.

Sunday Reads …

1. A bit delayed but goes to show my love for Serena Williams.
2. Some inspiring and some not so inspiring toilet messages.
3. 31 Make Ahead lunches for the days when you need inspiration.
4. A beautiful profile of the Pope
5. Always down to read many tips on how to style a bookshelf
6. I must confess I have also stalked people online many a time before.
7. I would love to read this book!
8. An interesting take on differences (or lack thereof) in the productivity of Agricultural v Non-agricultural workers.
9. Do you use Google or a Cookbook to get recipes!
10. I promised to bake cake for my nephews upcoming 11th birthday so here are a few recipes I am considering:

• Apple Cake
• Orange Cake 
• Banana Bread
• Zuccini Bread