It seems that I may be starting to develop an annual habit roundabout this time of year, which makes me contemplate in broad strokes “what I’m doing with my life”. Whilst I am up for reflection, I’m not overly fond of doing this as an annual event so to speak. It suggests that I have … Continue reading The things which ask the biggest questions of me
Black Existentialism
Returns and Dislocation
“The motif of the African “been-to” as a failed bohemian “revolutionary” appeared earlier in Armah’s Fragments. We remember that in this novel, Baako, unlike other “been-tos” returned home wearing jeans, and carrying a guitar and a typewriter as sole luggage. Right from the beginning, he isolated himself from his community, which reproached him the fact … Continue reading Returns and Dislocation
Adrift Movement; The Dark Light of Children of Hope
Amongst the skies, it was once often rumoured that at the passing of darkness, a tiny, bright – but dark – luminous spark, hidden deep in the belly of the night, would swell into a giant light as it consumed its own surrounding darkness to greet the new day. The day was always harsh and … Continue reading Adrift Movement; The Dark Light of Children of Hope
Protected: Songs between Fathers and Forgotten Dreams
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Decolonising God: Religion, Spirituality and Esotericism as Vehicles for Finding Meaning, Purpose and Paths of Resistance
I wonder, is this the fate of our Nation? I wonder what is wrong with us? Why do we blame creation? How could a god that only creates be the source of devastation? - Akala: The Search, Chapter 1: Knowledge Seeker Balance is a curse to those called by dual extremes. It is standing on … Continue reading Decolonising God: Religion, Spirituality and Esotericism as Vehicles for Finding Meaning, Purpose and Paths of Resistance
Protected: Holes
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Simon Rakei 