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Freshlyground Band, South Africa 🖤 https://open.spotify.com/track/6S1cd5F5cpflZq6bAXQmg1?si=tk9E9q5CT7ajUJFN4P1StA
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WAfCoN 2022 Quarterfinals
Things are heating up in my series on Women's International Football from July 2022. This report covers the quarterfinals of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
Women’s Soccer, July 2022: A SeriesThis is the eighth post in a series devoted to the 117 games of international women’s football played in July 2022, covering the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals. If you’d like to start from the beginning (or to pick and choose your competitions), you can do so from my opening post. Next up is the group stage of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup.
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URL Song Game
Rules: Pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.
Tagged by @snarkivistfic ! Thank you!
...gdi why do I have such a long URL lmao
OK there's a ton of songs and clicking on individual links can be annoying so I made a playlist for the curious.
U - Under Water Painter - Moulettes
N - Nomvula (After The Rain) - Freshlyground
F - Fat December - Guniw Tools
O - Oublie-moi - Coeur de pirate
R - Rain - Eivør
T - Tanatos - 9Goats Black Out
U - Usnisa Vijaya Dharani - Tinna Tinh
N - Nashville - David Mead
A - Ari Ari - Bloodywood
T - Tuesday - MONORAL
E - Evil Night Together - Jill Tracy
L - Le Ciel - MALICE MIZER
Y - Yksinäisen keijun tarina - Chisu
C - Captured - Bic Runga
A - Aayesh - Khebez Dawle
K - Kurenai - X Japan
E - ELEMENTA ALCHEMICA - A (this one is 40 minutes long because those madlads had no chill)
Tagging: @wryamihere @thatlittledandere @the-haunted-moth @liliaailil & any music lovers reading this! (No pressure though!)
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A few weeks ago we asked the fandom to create names for the nashuri baby kittens! Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions - we loved them all! We've narrowed the choices down to four and would love everyone to vote on their preferred name for the kittens! 😄 There are 6 kittens in total.
Information About The Orange Kitten
General Information: Third born. Playful Orange. The Jokester. The Imagineer.
Personality: Always wants to play. Has the best jokes. Most imaginative out of all the Nashurittens. The fastest flier in the family (which is why they easily get away with mischief!)
Favorite hobbies: Playing pranks on their babysitters.
Favorite babysitters: M’Baku & Attuma.
Favorite activity to do with Mama & Baba: Painting.
Biggest fears: Scared of the dark. Getting lost.
Edit - Name Spelling Correction: Nomuula should be spelled Nomvula. Meaning: Mother of Rain.
#nashuri#namor x shuri#nashurifamily#nashurifamilyweekend#seaprincess#bpwf#black panther wakanda forever#nashuri family weekend
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Apprenticember PT. 2
Day 1
Name: Bhekithemba Abara
Pronouns: He/Him
Sexuality and romantic: Heterosexual and Heteroromantic. He's straight but he's not "Straight".
Personality: Bhekit is a kind, athletic, and fun-loving young man that values his loved ones and honors his responsibilities. He's particularly protective of Mayihlome and his daughter Nomvula (who exists in every route but Nadia's) whom he has with his wife, Gugulethu the princess of Matabele.
He has a bit of a temper that can explode when pushed enough and doesn't suffer fools who cross him. And will confidently call them out.
Appearance: He's 6'5 and muscular with a boxer's build. Dark brown warm skin with his hair cut into a short but neat hairstyle. Bhekit is quick to smile wide when in good spirits and it shows around his eyes the most.
Likes: Peanut butter, fruit particularly loquat and guava, Tsoro, Mancala, music, dancing, singing, playing with his familiar Bibi, sports, braiding his sibling's and daughter's hair, nail polish, being outside, being and feeling clean
Dislikes: Condescending people, failure, being second best, his clothes getting messed up, looking dusty, bad haircuts, poking at his failures, the nickname "Boy king", passive-aggressive people, sloppy work and planning
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rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.
tagged by @maddenedbythesstars. Thank you! Now I have a reason to pester everyone with my bad taste ;)
C - Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club
A - Aicha by Khaled et Faudel
F - [a] fistful of Dollars (Suite) by Ennio Morricone
E [É] - Englishman in New York by Sting
L - Layla by Eric Clapton
E - Esmeralda by Ben Howard
N - Nomvula by freshly ground
I - In ginocchio da te by Gianni Morandi
N - Never coming back by Evan Call
G - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! by ABBA
R - Rinbo Revolution, interpreted by Okui Masami
A - Amsterdam by Jacques Brel
D - Disillusion by Tainaka Sachi
next ones... @mrs-storm-andrews (you already got tagged but of course I'd to think of you ;)), @bookwyrrn, @bengalaas, @moviestorian, @janiedean, @ante--meridiem, @bigre-fichtre, @frederick-the-great, @thewitch-2077, and anyone else in the mood for this game! :D
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I pay no heed to all my scars for my Father will heal me (Zulu song)
"Angiwanaki" is a traditional Zulu song, arranged here by featured singer Nomvula Maneli as an homage to her parents, her father being Xhosa and her mother being Zulu. The lyrics of the opening verse — “Angiwanaki amanxeba ami uzowapholis’ ubaba” in Zulu — translate as “I pay no heed to all my scars for my Father will heal me.”
Recorded April 20, 2023, in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studios at Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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ANGIWANAKI
Arranged by Nomvula Maneli
Angiwanaki - I pay no heed
Amanxeba ami - to all my scars
Uzowapholis’ ubaba - for my Father will
heal me
Uzowapholis - he will heal
Amanxeba ami - all my scars
Uzowapholis’ ubaba - my father will
heal/ restore me
"Angiwanaki " © 29:11 International Exchange. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Got tagged by the wonderful and amazing LEIGH! @thisdivorce 🥰 AND the amazing and wonderful @suchagallabitch AND the wonderful and amazing @tomorrowillmissyou thank you!! 🥰
how old are you? 35... Had to do the maths for a sec 😳
what do you do for a living? Photographer 📸
dream vacation destination? South Africa 🥰
favorite color? Red
last thing you drank? Water 💦
last song you listened to? Freshly Ground - Nomvula (it's SO GOOD)
relationship status? Very happy alone 😊
biggest pet peeve? People driving so close they might as well come share a car with me 😡
tell me a secret? As a kid I learned about the concept of death and I thought it sounded unbearable. To have everyone around you leave forever and carry that pain with you seemed so awful, I secretly hoped the world would simply explode so we could all die at the same time and no one had to mourn anyone. Of course that backfired when presidents started threatening dropping bombs, almost making it come true. 😬
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DJ 84 & Nomvula SA & Philasande SA - Baleka http://www.curteboamusica.info/2024/05/dj-84-nomvula-sa-philasande-sa-baleka.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr
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Anton Bodnar - Top February
- Artists: Anton Bodnar
DATE CREATED: 2024-02-07
GENRES: Afro House, Organic House / Downtempo
Tracklist :
1. Safar (FR), Dikla Hackmon - Hoshiana(Original Mix)
2. Demayä, Aleksandra Krstic - Shadows(Fka Mash Remix)
3. Dennis Cruz - Snake Charmer(Original Mix)
4. David Hopperman, Melvyn (FR) - Ochila Lakel feat. Itsik Chriqui(Original Mix)
5. Flaminik - Give Up(Original Mix)
6. Andrey Exx, TuraniQa, DeDeXgrande - Alone In The Dark(Original Mix)
7. Tayllor - Talking Drums(Original Mix)
8. Motip White - Clean the Turbines(Meera Remix)
9. Thakzin - Beginning of Time(Original Mix)
10. Bukeka, Ajna (BE) - Anahata(Original Mix)
11. Nomvula SA, Egeme - Nakupenda(Original Mix)
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Anton Bodnar - Top February
- Artists: Anton Bodnar
DATE CREATED: 2024-02-07
GENRES: Afro House, Organic House / Downtempo
Tracklist :
1. Safar (FR), Dikla Hackmon - Hoshiana(Original Mix)
2. Demayä, Aleksandra Krstic - Shadows(Fka Mash Remix)
3. Dennis Cruz - Snake Charmer(Original Mix)
4. David Hopperman, Melvyn (FR) - Ochila Lakel feat. Itsik Chriqui(Original Mix)
5. Flaminik - Give Up(Original Mix)
6. Andrey Exx, TuraniQa, DeDeXgrande - Alone In The Dark(Original Mix)
7. Tayllor - Talking Drums(Original Mix)
8. Motip White - Clean the Turbines(Meera Remix)
9. Thakzin - Beginning of Time(Original Mix)
10. Bukeka, Ajna (BE) - Anahata(Original Mix)
11. Nomvula SA, Egeme - Nakupenda(Original Mix)
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Chicco Twala's Movie About Controversial ANC's Nomvula Mokonyane Rejected by TV Stations
New Post has been published on https://www.celebgossip.co.za/entertainment-news/40235-chicco-twalas-movie-about-controversial-ancs-nomvula-mokonyane-rejected-by-tv-stations.html
Chicco Twala's Movie About Controversial ANC's Nomvula Mokonyane Rejected by TV Stations
Renowned filmmaker Sello "Chicco" Twala has made a significant decision regarding his highly anticipated movie, previously titled "The Fall And Rise Of Mama Action," which drew inspiration from the life of prominent politician and ANC Deputy General Secretary, Nomvula Mokonyane. Due to political implications surrounding the project, Twala has opted to change the film's name, […] Read more on Chicco Twala's Movie About Controversial ANC's Nomvula Mokonyane Rejected by TV Stations
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Hi. I know you guys don't have alot of Xhosa people in the fandom but i just wanted to correct a name the writers love to use.
Nomuula is not a name,it doesn't exist. The correct spelling is Nomvula, with a V not a double u's. The name means Mother of Rain.
Hi there.
Thank you for letting us know. Unfortunately, we can't edit the tumblr poll as it's already finished, but we'll add an edit with the correction xx
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The Prey of Gods
by Nicky Drayden
This is an Afrofuturist novel that weaves together elements of sci-fi and fantasy to create a story of five main characters, who are tangled up in the dangerous, fantastical rise of the old gods.
My Rating: 4/5
If I had to describe this in the simplest way possible, I'd say that the book was really fun to read! You get to follow five characters who are VERY different from one another, and see how somehow their paths intersect into this crazy, larger-than-life story, and end up in ways that they absolutely could never anticipate in their wildest dreams. There are so many twists and turns of varying levels of hilarity, absurdity, and questionability, and it can get so weird, in ways where you really have to have fun with it and go along for the ride.
I ultimately did enjoy this book a lot, but I wasn't confident enough in my liking of this book to give it a 5/5; I also have some criticisms which I feel were substantial enough to knock it down to a 4/5 at least for me.
Content warnings (which might be spoilery) and full review under the cut!
The content warnings for this book include death, sexual assault (including brief depictions of SA on children), child abuse, animal death, drug use, medical procedures, and torture.
Let's start with what I liked about this book, of which there was a lot. One specific thing I want to shout out is the author's ability to develop character voice. Giving five different POV characters a unique voice is hard, but Drayden does it and she does it well. I especially like a lot of the chapters in the POV of Nomvula, who is a child, somewhere between 6-10 years old (I can't quite remember). Nomvula genuinely narrates like a child - a child that has been through a lot of trauma and hardships, sure, a child with strong moral fiber, but a child nonetheless. Other POVs that are worth mentioning are Muzi, a teenage boy, and Stoker, a politician - their character voices both reflect their respective personalities and way of speaking based on their ages and roles in society.
Drayden's writing style was unique, in a way I almost struggle to describe, because while its not flowery or prosaic, I also feel like "concise" is the wrong word to use. It's crisp but it's also very animated, which ties into what I said earlier about her strong character voice. It adds to the overall funky vibe of the story, and helps the book stand out against those written by authors who employ a more traditional, typical style of writing.
The plot itself has a lot of fun twists and turns, including a more sci-fi plotline that I won't reveal to you. From the start, the book is weird, and I mean that in a positive way. You have to laugh and enjoy the absurdity of some of the things written, and the good thing is that those absurd sounding things still tie into the plotline, and make sense later. Speaking of plotlines, one of the fun things to see is how the five characters become involved in the same crazy events by the end of the novel. Even at the beginning of the novel, there are tiny threads that show how the characters are loosely connected to each other; by the time the action ramps up, the five characters are at the heat of the conflict, probably wondering how the hell they ended up here.
Each character came from a unique background, and it is a very diverse cast in terms of race and other identities - there are gay characters, trans characters, and disabled characters. I think plugging diversity as a feature of a story can be dicey, because I think that runs the risk of tokenism, but in this story the characters and their various identities are done well - their experiences aren't angst fodder, but they do impact the characters and therefore the whole story in profound ways. There isn't any in-your-face messaging about their identities or any other social issue, for that matter, which I think is important because ultimately, our identities are deeply personal and should mean more for a character than just being a way to preach to the audience.
So while the majority of the things I have to say about this book are positive, there are some things I didn't love that I do have to mention.
One thing is that while I appreciated the author's brisk writing style, I do think it led to certain pitfalls when it came to character development or introspection. There were several instances in this book where I felt like a character changed their mind on a certain thing or had "character development" so quickly that it gave me whiplash. I didn't feel like there was very good buildup to all of these character developing moments - quite literally I felt as if someone had snapped their fingers and the character had changed their mind. I was able to overlook it because I enjoyed the overall story, but I really wish that the author had allowed for more gradual development and introspection for the characters. I attribute this to the writing style because I feel like the way Drayden writes really isn't introspective in general - the text doesn't really try to get deep into the characters' heads, which is fine, but there are some parts where this is sorely needed. There is one specific scene where the change in a side character's attitude to one of the main characters was so abrupt that I think it was, plainly, just badly written, but I won't say more because spoilers.
There were also one specific thing that peeved me enough to mention it here, which is that at one point in the second half of the book, Nomvula, the character who is under 10 years old, starts talking to older characters in a way that's very "wise beyond her ages". There's no reason for this to occur, especially since in previous chapters she clearly talks like a child. I absolutely detest child characters talking like adults, and it makes zero sense to me that Nomvula would start acting like another character's emergency therapist, talking about grief or some shit, while she is quite literally fighting for her life and also about seven years old.
In general, I think that there were certain heavier topics that the book should have addressed with more deliberation and depth. For example, one character is a politician, and while the book's main purpose isn't social commentary, there's clear corruption and all sorts of political mishappenings in the government they work in. Given that, I think the way the author wrote their political career and attitudes towards politics came across as naive - the character had a level of sincerity and optimism towards politics and the governing system that definitely doesn't exist in real life. This is just one example - there are other aspects of both character and world-building that I think should have been explored more to give the story additional depth.
Overall, though, I think this is a good book that I'd recommend to anyone who likes interesting, funky types of storytelling. I think it's important to read these sort of non-traditional styles to make sure we aren't bound by made up constraints of genre or any other standard we have for "good writing", and this book in particular created a fun and compelling narrative that I think can be enjoyed by a wide group of people.
#the prey of gods#book review#bookblr#scifi books#fantasy books#lgbtq books#queer lit#i wont lie im not 100% certain about my use of the term afrofuturism#because definitions seem to say its related to african diaspora and technically the story takes place in south africa#but the author is a black american and i did find this novel in my librarys afrofuturism section. so. ill go with it.#some articles refer to black panther as afrofuturist. so. im not certain. but im keeping it in. let me know if i shouldnt.
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