I need Batswana to remember that they’re suffering bc of politicians. Every time you buy petrol, every time you can’t find veggies in the shop, every time you buy electricity and the units are half the of the price you paid. Remember the your leaders.
So a man sued Diddy for sexually assaulting him and instead of having *THAT* chat abt male victims y’all (read men) chose to focus on making gay jokes, yet tomorrow you’ll be the same lot going “bUT mEn geT AssAulteD Too, nO oNe cArES aBoUT uS😢”? Yah neh?
Not to sound dramatic but I feel like I’d pass out if they ever looked my way. Like, not even looking at me, just looking at something in my direction 🥺
2022 God showed me he is for me. My ancestors showed me they are with me. Here’s to getting a Master’s in Intellectual Property and Development Policy. ❤️🇰🇷🇧🇼
today's tea:
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BOARD APPOINTMENT: Pleased to (finally) share my appointment to the Board of the Global Intellectual Property Alliance (GLIPA). GLIPA is a global non-profit w/ 300+ members from over 63 countries, w/ 5 regional groupings of Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the US/Canada
It’s very clear from your response that you’re not well informed on the subject (if at all). I’d advise you seek understanding in earnest as opposed to coming at me sideways, 🙂.
Now that that’s out of the way, let ME indulge YOU. (1/x)
#At25
I had no idea where my life would go. I had made the decision that I would take a gap year to figure out what I wanted to do in the next phase of my life. I looked for things that made me happy and learned to be comfortable with my journey not looking like the “normal”
I enjoy leaning heavily into the new year energy. Allowing myself to feel like anything is possible. Allowing myself to feel renewed. Whatever comes next, wherever the year goes, that’s always a good place to start. 🤍
Whenever we have these chats about being careful on social media, I mourn the fact that it’s ALWAYS people’s liberties being held at ransom. No one is talking about how corporates SHOULDNT be policing people in that way in the first place! Corporates must be held accountable too!
Setswana is such a contextual language. I’m thinking of how “go keteka” could either mean to beat or to celebrate depending on the speaker’s intended meaning 🤣
The wildest thing about the QTs is the number of gays lusting over him like he didn’t post a whole TikTok of himself attending a march protesting against homosexuality (yes it’s as dumb as it sounds). Close your legs girlies. ❤️
Happy International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Dear Black Queer Child, the world is yours for the taking. You are powerful beyond what you’ve imagined (or have been told) you are ❤️.
#idahobit
Ending the year on a high note 🥳 with a scholarship from the World Intellectual Property Organization
@WIPO
. Looking forward to sharpening my skills over the next year and becoming a better IP practitioner.
Now that SOE is over, I really don’t want to hang out/meet up with people who are going to be going all out as if we’re not unvaccinated in a pandemic. Sorry but definitely not sorry. I’m trying to stay alive.
Reminder that sexual and gender diversity are inherently African and if your ideas of or Pan-Africanism exclude LGBTQI+/Queer Africans you are in fact not Pan-African. ❤️
I will never forget the time
@ShoMadjozi
said she was in a club in Kenya and they played Huku, when she said “That’s my song!” the person next to her said “girl me too 🕺🏿”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Grace is: constantly being the youngest person in the room, with key decision makers who are miles your seniors in rank and age, looking to you for advice and trusting in your expertise. To my God and my Ancestors, thank you 🙏🏾✨
Twitter is an equalizer. It creates direct engagement that often challenges power. That’s something they’re not comfortable with. They prefer being “bagolo” on pedestals who can only be questioned when they allow it.
I don’t get it? Batswana are asking for “internal change” from the opposition in order to vote for it, but will vote for BDP without BDP having done any “internal change”? Something isn’t adding up here.
THREAD: We've all heard the story of "El Negro", some in more detail than others. I'm sharing this thread today both. I've been posting about an upcoming exhibition-concert called "Ancestor". This is the painful story behind it's conception.
#AncestorBW
Happy to announce my appointment as a 2023 correspondent for the Korea-Africa Foundation where I will be reporting on various key issues in Botswana. My work is geared towards contributing to bridging the knowledge gap about Botswana, + to building relations between BW and SK
We should be worried that police are adopting a “shoot to kill” policy, especially when we don’t know how far it’s application will go. It could quickly result in the deaths of innocent civilians. Unchecked, it easily becomes a culture and we end up with situations like the U.S
The problem with being someone who is so genuine in what you do/say is you tend to think that everyone else is also being genuine in what they do/say. 😩
Yandani Boko’s expectation that Peggy Serame should have done more about access to baby clothing because she’s woman sexist! That room has more fathers in it and they’ve all done nothing.
My take is it’s colonial trauma. Cultures in tropical/hot climates historically rested when the heat was high and worked in the mornings and evenings. But colonisers from cold climates expected/forced us to work throughout theday, labelling anyone who wanted rest as lazy/bad
Depends on the type. For example;
1. Inability to pronounce “r” is rhotacism
2. Inability to pronounce “s” is a lisp
3. Inability to pronounce “L” is gliding.
But they’re all called “seleme” in Setswana.
Welcome to
#Botswana
, where a man who was implicated in the molestation of a child gets appointed Minister in charge of children’s education. But hey,
#EsengMoNgwaneng
right? 🙃