Remembering David Kato
Written and Performed by Donald Molosi –
DEDAN: A One-Man Play.
How do we remember history’s heroes? How do we also forget them? Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (1920-1957) was leader of the Mau Mau freedom fighters. He dedicated and gave his life to fighting against British colonial rule in Kenya. How do…
TO BUILD A MONUMENT
i have known false teachers who swept me beneath their words, forced me out of my orbit to fly under the radar and made it clear that i had nothing to offer. and although my spirit broke when death simultaneously…
Her First Day in America
Monkoki rolls up the apartment blinds and sunlight rushes into the square studio apartment, forming bright rectangular patterns on the beige carpet. Although she is still lethargic from last night’s long flight from Botswana, Monkoki feels somewhat refreshed, anticipatory really,…
“Today It’s Me” …… A story of Ugandan Legend, Philly Lutaaya
TODAY IT’S ME ENCORE Performed by Donald Molosi, Botswana [Buy tickets] This is the true story of the legendary Ugandan musician Philly Lutaaya, whose soulful AfroPop rhythms united a generation of Ugandans. Inspired by his continent and its people, Lutaaya…
SOKARI EKINE: A Poem at Peace with Itself.
that wise place is in you, warrior o, where the prophet talks, and visions are cautiously told. where men are fine as goodness itself and women are strong as baobab. you, one-woman army, carry the heavy when wata done pass…
Sneha Subra: A Drink or Two With the Intrepid Educator.
Perhaps that segues into my column about desirability especially since I am speaking to a woman currently living in India. This week I continue my column about desirability in the workplace. Sneha Subra is not just a friend of mine but my essential rock, and ours is a truly romantic story of friendship. I am privileged to have trudged through teenage-hood side-by-side with such a dynamic intelligent friend and now to be walking through adulthood still together with her in loyal friendship. She is an educator and writer currently based in India. She is a graduate of Knox College in Illinois and Azim Premji University in Karnataka, India.I recently spoke with her about her experience as a woman in education. “Chinchilla” is an inside joke. Enjoy!
PATH OF THE SMILING SUN
one of the solos in my head keeps chanting that uncertainty is the best way to contaminate time. i, myself am not sure what i am meant to scream to that because i am already living the truth of…
SITHANDA NTUKA: A Paragon of Independence.
Sithanda Ntuka is a 25 year-old dynamic woman from Botswana. She has lived all over the world: Denmark, Canada and now she is a New Yorker fast climbing the corporate ladder. As an auditor for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, she is in the…
DESIRE: A Four-Part Harmony.
Desire and desirability. It was the legendary philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who brilliantly observed that “ultimately , it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.” Desire and desirability have -through time – puzzled and mesmerized sages the world over….
WORDS BIG AND SMALL
rings and roses vanish, fleet and pass without leaving a trace. but words are forever so, speak for this love lives on words and words alone can ink themselves deep into my heart and not rings, not roses, not…
In Honor of Childhood-less Children/Adults.
My most visceral thoughts are right now with all the children who have been robbed of their childhoods by war and conflict. Oftentimes war and conflict can be in the home, in the family. Sometimes it is literally in war trenches. It is the time to speak out for the protection of the African child’s childhood where the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other documents such as the African Charter on the Rights and Responsibilities, fall short. Heaven, bless the child to speak and be heard. Heaven, protect the child.
GIRL SOLDIER
Words by Toyin Ajao; Song/Instrumentation written and sung by Donald Molosi Girl Soldier – Injustice, corruption, discrimination she saw. Deeply entrenched in her society. Ruling all and sundry. She carried a gun to fight. Gun of truth. Gun of passion….
Munange/Ssebo: DAVID KATO
Hello again BlackLookers. This post is not about the written word as I would rather have you hear an audio clip I am sharing here. Since two years ago, in my life and consciousness, January 26 will forevermore belong to one man and his memory: David Kato. I wrote a little song to the memory of David and although I did not get the time to properly record it in a studio I wanted to share it here as a rehearsal because the words are what carry the song. David will never be forgotten. It seems like yesterday when I was at that vigil in New York City, a week after he was brutally snatched from us.
PERSONAL HARM
in these few words i bind a durable promise, one that will never be untied the way we have become for i must promise myself better. i hereby put the idea of you in quotations – “habibi” – to make…
Today is Dec. 28: The Story of Tyisha Miller.
I always remember Tyisha Miller. Today I remember even more painfully because it is the anniversary of her embittering death. December 28, third day of the African American holiday of Kwanzaa. Before I tell you about a play I…
Part 2 of 2: Hollywood star SEBATI MAFATE
Hello friends! Donald Molosi here. I linked up with Hollywood actor-writer SEBATI MAFATE again to do the second half of our conversation about his latest sensational book, “MEMORIES OF LOTSANE.” I have read the book myself and recommend it to…