SADA GOWAB

Ti Gowab Xa

Gaxu //aero-e ta ge ra #âi!goaxa Khoekhoegowab !nâ xu-e xoasa. #Âi ta ra xawe ta ge /am-e hõ tama hâ, tamas ka i o !eream-e ūhâ tama hâ. Nē ta go nēsi xoa tsoatsoa o /gui ta ge ra hõ!gâ ama gaxu //ae-e ta gowaba xoa tamas ka

Diary

Nature's Magical Ways!

"Rerig now, what's kama so interesting about those rocks over there? Or that building down the road?". These are some of the questions we'd ask each other back home when some tourists would go crazy and take pictures of every single thing. That has

NOTES FROM THE QUIET

WE ARE TIRED

We are tired, we really are.

IN CONVERSATION

My Heart Said...

Another innocent black man lost his life in the hospital after a white police officer held him down with a knee on his neck. This happened in the U.S. I know, that has nothing to do with me, but it makes me restless. It makes me think a lot

LIFE'S PLEASURES

Little Challenge, Great Results!

Do you know that feeling when you learn something new and you get a hang of it and suddenly you just can't let go? Or you are really having a hard time in your Math class and one day you just give it your all and you get

CHILDHOOD TALES

Stone In My Eye

Most kids I knew back then, including myself, usually didn't have anything for breakfast. It was all about just getting up in the morning, preparing for school and then making it on time. I made sure that I got there early rather than late because I hated standing

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

The Ride 2

For about fifteen minutes, 11 year old Antifun had a taxi driver's hand up her skirt as she sat holding her breathe, her tears steadily rolling down her cheeks. It hurt, he hurt her as he kept pushing his fingers inside of her while having his other hand

STORY TIME

Awesome Black Child (in Russia)

Earlier this year, towards the end of January, a group of students from my school went to Russia to stay with Russian host families for a week. The school has an arrangement with the Russian school in Murmansk, so each year students from Pasvik Folk High School are hosted by

NOTES FROM THE QUIET

On My Bad Days...

Today was another of those days where I just crawled into my shell and kept beating myself over and over again for just being who I am, I know that sounds sick. But that's the best way I could put it down in writing. Even if I have

LIFE IN NORWAY

May 17 in Norway

I like how in Norway they celebrate their Constitutional Day and have so much pride in it, who wouldn't? It made me aware that Norwegians have come a long way and have worked hard to be one of the world's richest and happiest countries. I count

creative writing

The Ride

It was mid-August in Windhoek, Namibia. The year was 2009. Taokhoes' dad lived on the fancier side of the city while her mom lived in the informal settlements, also referred to as "shacks". It had always been hard for her to fit in on her father'

REFLECTIVE JOURNALING

Do You Even Know Me?

Ask me why I am so protective of myself. Ask me why I get worked up when somebody talks about my tribe. Ask me why Mathematics makes me cry. Ask me why I'm so insecure about my legs. As me why I feel like I always have to