dear readers, I’m back. hopefully to stay this time I started this blog for many reasons, major of which being that I missed my mom. I was reminiscing about the person she was and could have been and I coined my first (of three posts) appreciating how I owe my curious mind to her teaching …
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Growing up African – love and courtship
Growing up African is a fulltime unpaid job, kind of an extreme sport really. Some instructions, manners and expectations are laid out clearly, no shades of grey. And on others you’re expected to cross the road without being given the green light because well you’re old enough and should know. A simple example is how …
Culture: An institution seeking acceptance but won’t reciprocate it
On one of my expeditions (chasing the buck in this instance) I found myself at a traditional ceremony I kinda looked forward to for a while. I happened to be wearing cargo shorts, well every female does anyway, right? NO…. Not at a traditional ceremony right in the middle of the rural areas. Here I …
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Teach them yourself
Teach your kids yourself Kids always look up to their parents from a very young age. Their parents are the best in everything (in their sweet little heads). They will do everything just to be closer to them and please them. Sadly that narrative changes as they grow older they start thinking they know it …
My First Blog Post
If you are here looking for sanity then you are in the wrong place — Mawarire Chypo
Chypo
The name is Chypo, or but the government calls me Chipo Moreblessing Mawarire (I don’t like my middle name much) . My mind is always playing with words and ideas that are just too many for social media and so here we are blogging. l have too many unpopular opinions but someone has to say …
Chypo Said It 