TokisoM Writes

I love LeratoMogoatlhe . I love her because she doesn't just dream but she lives her dreams. And I love her for not just saying she is proudly African but for stepping out of her comfort zone to experience her continent. She inspires me. Image stolen from her Facebook page :-) When was the last time you journeyed our continent intensely? It was in 2010, and I was at it for 6 months. I was in East Africa; Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. I didn't go to my other planned destinations which were; Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. I came back home because I ran out of steam and cash. What discouraged me the most was that when I wanted to go to Ethiopia, I could only get a visa if I flew to Nairobi. The only other ways to get the visa was if I was Kenyan, Eastern African or had a residential permit in East Africa. It’s really crushing when you want to go to a place and you are forced to take the privileged route when you don’t have the privilege. ...

He is that guy that everybody thinks is great and you are the evil in the relationship. If and when you tell your friends and family about his shenanigans they say, “but he is such a nice guy!” He has everybody wrapped around his little finger. He helps out at family gatherings, is a father to your child and remembers your parents birthdays…he is the nice guy. He will help you set up your best friends surprise party, talk soccer with your brothers and help your friends out when they are in a jam…he is the nice guy. When you are together, you look like a match made in heaven. At appearance level you guys can’t go wrong; he holds your hand in public…he is such a nice guy. He probably introduce you to his whole family, you go on shopping trips with his sister and share jokes with his brothers…he is such a nice guy. He doesn’t smoke and IF he drinks, it’s wine and he doesn’t get drunk. But what the world doesn’t know about Mr Nice guy is that when you are ...