Raped, the story of Cecile

I was walking the street like usual, 

I did only know that way back home.

There was no shortcut, it was straight. 

Ohhh, and I was 10... but I was raped.

I think I will never forget what happened,
I am forever stained, I feel dirty.

I prayed every morning,

I asked God to put peace in the world,

I have asked him to bless everyone,

even people who had a bad heart.

It was quiet, it has always been.

That is why I like home.

But the quiet of that day was bad,

they came from nowhere and grabbed me. 

I was just a kid, 

powerless and physically weak. 

They put me on the ground, 

Actually, they pushed to the ground.

They were violent, 

I wondered if I prayed for them too. 

"God did you make them to your Image?"

Why was I chosen?

why does something like has to be?

As a girl I could feel it.

I felt it like never before. 

It was supposed to be an act of love,

But I was done it as if I was hated. 

I was raped (part 1)

I have decided to write down the story of Cecile, just like 1.2 millions women and children are raped nearly a year (stat from 2015), who cannot say their story and let people know how they feel.

As a writer and blogger, it is not just about giving them a voice but sympathising with them. 

There is a difficult assimilation process to put yourself in the shoe of the victim. I could only feel the emotional pain. I could not even imagine how it feels physically. 

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The virgin prostitute, the reason behind prostitution.

I feel like controversy is one thing that draws a lot of people's attention and it is so trendy that people always tend to comment and discuss it.

On my other blog solely dedicated to my literary writing (discover it here), nothing to do with politics, fashion or news; I published a story called the virgin prostitute. many people asked what was the story about. (read the virgin prostitute here)

Living in a society of opinions, we tend to become very judgemental and cast upon other people our views about how things are supposed to be. Religion, philosophy and politics are the roots of what we believe in or what we reject. Generally,  prostitution is believed to be wrong, unless where it is legalised, and I share that view. However, I never judge those who do that.

Would I do that? Never, I won't but I am a first-hand writer. I would like to know the reason before I put down words on a paper or letter in a text. So I wrote the virgin prostitute because I watched and researched numerous reasons why people, especially girls, would like to do that job. One the reason that occurred the most was childhood's abuse (that depleted into the creation of an uncontrolled need as a sort of therapy, a bit just like substance abuse) and loss of father figure. That simply explains how sexuality is very powerful and very strongly embedded in our DNA. 

Fally Ipupa is simply above the others.

I am probably a very sporadic blogger and only blog when I find interest in what I write... and lately, one of my biggest interest has been to study the way musician, dancer and songwriter Fally Ipupa demarcates himself from other Congolese musicians. 

Since his breakthrough solo album, droit chemin (righteous path, or literally the right road) in 2006 he has internationalised the local, lengthy and sometimes exhausting Congolese beat and musical style. We passed from the 12 minutes long track to the more acceptable 3'30" or 4 minutes track that people around the world tolerate.

He also understood the importance of educating himself and his music. It may seem a bit strange but he, actually, has made something that has long been forgotten in the Congolese musical landscape. The value that he has given to collaboration has seen him work with numerous famous international names. In his latest album "Tokooos" that was released on July the 7th, he has scored big in featuring R. Kelly in Nidja. (click here to download the song) 

This is a typical Congolese sound characterised by slow tempo and a certain melancholy. we call it "Rumba" and the guitar is the master instrument in this genre. It is not the usual style that R. Kelly has made us familiar with, even when he sings gospels. But it all sings love anyway; I would not go into deciphering the song as just listening to it should be enough to consider the progress Fally Ipupa has made into internationalising his music and opening the door to a certain diversity as to the Congolese typical musical genre. 

You will find some very interesting local sounds like Eloko oyo here; Yakuza ft Wizkid, a song I also like as it sounds more like the current trendy Nigerian music with a touch of Congolese seduction and depth (listen to it here). 

We now can only wait for the video clip.

#you should try this

I am very in love with this country, and when you fall in love; it has to be the complete package. So I have discovered this place at Soweto; most probably because I am in a student environment at the University of Johannesburg.

Not far than a few weeks back, my friend reintroduced me to Mamuratuwa’s Takeaways. “Their food is just awesome and fresh”. I told them.

Mamoratuwa started her business to feed her family with the little money she was making. Little she knew was that it could become a chilling spot for students. The atmosphere around there just makes it a nice place to chill and rest after an unpleasant test or exams.

Students flock to the hotspot for some Kota. 

 There has be a kind of revamp in the way mum the take away time is operated. Everything runs smoothly and the quality of the bread is just perfect. I wonder who supplies them. The takeaway outlet has one speciality commonly known as “Kota”, which is actually a quarter of a bread filled with either Chakalaka or Archar (mango slices in oil or something like that) as a base. Then there are a plethora of choices that either give you a typical Sowetan Kota and or Mince Kota. I have fallen in love with the latter, not because of the price as it just costs a modest 10 but because of the discovery. It is something of a Treasury found a recipe the mix of bread, mince and smashed potato. I have literally eaten it every day I step a foot at UJ Soweto Campus.

Admiration for the hard-work

Their chips is just among the best I have ever eaten

I have decided to write this article to share that experience. In addition, probably to let you know that you should pass by whenever you are near the UJ campus. 

dedicated people.

My print of the page: a man and a lens

The photography world is a very fascinating. Since I have plunged myself in the art I have been astounded by the capture of the moment. It is something unimaginable to stop the moment in an image.

I love it that is why I do, even though that can be debated. I take more than money as a reward for it. Photography is just beauty. The capture, the sound of the camera and the subject matter.

I cannot really speak about how it all started. Art just starts and it catches you up. I have always envied prettiness and beauty maybe that is why I wanted to be able to catch it and stop in a stamp of an image. I then created a man and a lens. My media photography venture. As a student in a business, it has been a rough journey where I have to manage my desire for doing well in that business and becoming a reference in the world of photography.

I have to be seen through that lens and snap the instant, and release. I am a man and a lens. 

We are officially launching our Instagram page with DID I LIKE IT blog, as they validated us and liked it. 

check us out on @a_man_and_a_lens (FotoKrafty) or just click here. 

or just check out these awesome pics:

Z one of the model of a man and a lens

She asked for this to be black and white

So we did even more

using macro on close-up. some good effect

She insisted on the background details. 

They just loved it. these two. some magic. 

The problem is how one reads number: it was all about the economy.

It was not my intent to write about this political debacle but the cabinet reshuffle that occurred last week just gave me a lot of material to write on.

I got inspired, funnily inspired by what happens especially in and around the ANC, the governing political party in SA. It seems like a fiesta of ANC members where one invitee eats as much as possible because the party is ending soon.

It goes that the king’s council is only made of his family. That is pretty much what is happening with the ANC. If one considered family by the president, then that one is eligible to sit on his table and eats with him. So why is the ex-minister of finance not part of that table as well?

Someone told me that it is because he reads numbers so well that the other siblings reported him to the patriarch. It is so funny because that only son was probably one of the few people who could reinstate the fallen image of the family.

The ANC family gave this country democracy or fought for it more than any other political party. True, they have to take the credit for that and can even save that credit for upcoming elections where the falling is much anticipated. After being an opposition party, they have become the ruling partying. They chose to do it following certain codes and practices, which they are going against with all that amalgam that is going on internally.

People, inside the ANC, are divided and the members, powerful or not know who is causing that internal frailty. Is it fear of going on the wrong side of the patriarch that making them rescind their statements in public or what?

Tomorrow, people and other political are planning to march against the cabinet reshuffle that occurred last week. I personally find that very honouring. Stand up for your right and the well-being of this country that welcomed me for a while now.

Politics is not my strong suit but number probably. I am not pro the ex-minister of finance but that man is smart and he can read numbers. Moreover, above everything, he was trying to keep the economy afloat. It does not make sense to evict someone like that in order to be obeyed by those who see obey you. Political advancement can only be achieved because of intellectual confrontation and different perspectives to governing.

South Africa is one the last standing democracy in Africa that does well and which economy of is better than some western countries. It is a pity that a misunderstanding leads to a fallout, which makes the country pays direly.

How can one really fire brilliance, not that it was substituted by something similar? That question is in everyone mind.

We don’t know what internal fight led to it but the general interest of the nation should be put ahead of everything. Also we know that the ex-minister can read number at once, he does not need to rehearse them. Right?