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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words, which feels a bit passive-aggressive.

Africa to America, and coming back home to Africa again. A narrative non-fiction journey of finding your roots and the search for belonging. In the vein of "The Warmth of Other Suns" by @Isabelwilkerson #questpit #NF #memoir

@LillyLuWrites Help me. Thank you 🇿🇼

#questpit folks, if you’re a marginalized querying author, i am doing 2 query letter critique giveaways! (the most recent winner just signed with an amazing agent 🥹) drop an emoji repping your work here by 9pm PT & i will dm the 2 winners 💗 good luck today!

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@SVoice2030 Position filled

📢 NOW HIRING, AGAIN! Southern Voice is bringing yet another new position to our growing team: Research Officer This person will work at the intersection of research, coordination, and global development, supporting our mission to elevate Global South perspectives in evidence-based policy and SDG discussions. They will work closely with our Head of Research & Innovation, contributing to the implementation of multi-country research initiatives, coordinating publications, and supporting knowledge production and outreach. The role will also support the design and delivery of research initiatives, coordinate day-to-day project activities and publication processes, and contribute to collaboration, partnerships, and institutional planning efforts across the network. Peaked your interest? We hoped so. Apply now to help us strengthen Global South research! 🔗 Link: lnkd.in/eSw7-E2y 📍 Location: Remote ⏳ Deadline: May 8th 🔄 Share with your network! ✍️ Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applications are strongly encouraged, as the position may be filled before the deadline.

@Katie_Dozier Maya Angelou

Who is the quintessential people’s poet?

The Black bookshop Afrori Books has now surpassed its target by over 500 books and is safe from closure. 🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thecommunityreporter.co.uk/p/award-winnin…

An award-winning Black bookshop is facing a “critical moment” to sell 1,000 books before the end of April so that Black authors ‘don’t lose a platform for their books.’ Afrori Books in Brighton has only four days left to reach its goal. thecommunityreporter.co.uk/p/black-booksh…

Fun, culture and unity on the move social runners light up the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Peace Marathon with song, dance and colourful traditional attire as Bulawayo celebrates peace beyond the race.

I miss Twitter… You’d open the app and instantly know what was happening in the world. No fluff, no weird sorting, just real time thoughts from real people. It felt raw, and that was the whole point. Over the years they chipped away at that. First the timeline stopped being chronological. Then everything turned into a fight for engagement. The best posts didn’t win anymore, the loudest ones did. Verification getting sold off was the turning point. That used to mean something. Now it’s just noise. Anyone can look legit, which means nobody really is. And if you’re actually trying to build something on there, good luck. Shadowbans, random reach drops, mass reporting… there’s zero consistency. One day you’re growing, next day you’re invisible. The rebrand to X just made it worse. Feels like they threw away everything people actually cared about and replaced it with… nothing. It’s still usable, but it’s not the same. It went from a place where things happened first to a place where everything feels filtered, forced, and a little fake.

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With Zimbabwe turning 46 tomorrow.. Just can’t help thinking If Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 were a human being, Turning 46 tomorrow riri Rombe🥴😔 No stable currency of its own . Broken health care system Roads in a horrific state . Civil servants earning peanuts, Most people living below the poverty line. Nothing working, not the country , not the graduates, nothing making sense Future just looking bleak ! Cry 😢 😭 Is this the land 🥺

Paramount Writers Mentoring Program Opens Applications, Joins With Nickelodeon | Exclusive thewrap.com/media-platform…

Decolonization also means not adopting the religion of those who colonized you

🔸To all residents of Harare, Please note that the public hearings will be conducted at 2pm today at the City Sports Centre. Let’s show up in our numbers and make our views known. This Bill is bad because: ❌It extends term of the President from 5 years to 7 years. This is bad because it makes it harder to remove a bad president and is open to abuse given the extensive power a president holds under our Constitution. ❌It takes away your right to vote for the President and gives this power to Parliament. ❌It gives Mr Mnangagwa an extra two years to rule without an election. ❌It takes away ZEC’s power to draw election boundaries and returns the power to the Registrar General who has used this power to rig elections in the past. ❌It removes the army’s constitutional duty to uphold the Constitution. ❌It destroys the Gender Commission. We need new leaders.🇿🇼 #REPOST

Namibia’s Government is reducing fuel levies by 50% to protect consumers from the hike in fuel prices due to the Iran war.

Patriarchy: If you don't want an unplanned pregnancy, keep your legs closed. Women: ... that's not... You know what? Fine. Patriarchy: Also, pick better men. Stop dating as*holes and deadbeats. Women: On it. Patriarchy: NO NOT LIKE THAT!!!

When you find time read the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics winning thesis “Why nations fail” by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. They posited that nations fail when a small elite designs systems to extract wealth and power, instead of creating conditions where everyone can participate and benefit.

Government cars always seem to be in a hurry! That sense of urgency is not reflected anywhere in their official duties. But why ??

As someone who has spent so much time defending the Zimbabwean government, protecting the image of the nation, and fighting sanctions imposed by the West, it's disappointing to see the image of the nation being trashed due to arbitrary arrests of opposition members who are merely debating a constitutional amendment that ZANU PF itself brought to the public for mandatory debate. How can a few people tarnish the image of the entire nation just because they want to stop people debating a law that they proposed on their own, knowing that our constitution mandates the debating of the same law that they want? Why propose a bill if you can’t adhere to what is required to pass it? Why did ZANU PF give us this constitution if it doesn’t want to adhere to it?