My Little Black Doll
She didn’t have a name. She didn’t need one, because I never had a reason to call her; wherever I went, she was already with me, right...
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thandisebe
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
Kranke Kulisse
Ein staubiger Pfad, eine grün-braun gefleckte Rasenfläche, davor der Kanal. Auf dem Rasen vereinzelt Bäume, Hundehäufchen,...
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thandisebe
- Apr 28, 2021
- 4 min
About Naming and Identity (And how I share a Story with Thandi Newton)
My mother recently told me that I too, like Thandi Newton, was supposed to have been a Thandiwe. It seems she had forgotten about it but...
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thandisebe
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Miracles
see the wind tickle the trees and hear them laugh watch them jiggle with joy lay down on your back and glide your hands above the dewy...
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thandisebe
- Dec 2, 2020
- 12 min
The Men we Love
A couple of years ago I wrote a theatre play while I was living in Berlin. It was in this time that I came into the habit of going for a...
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thandisebe
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Scattered but Never Lost
Her seed has scattered across the world and blossomed across valleys across countries across continents from Johannesburg to Berlin...
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thandisebe
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Cape Town Stories 28
I am driving on my scooter through town early Friday morning, pushing past Lockdown traffic through a densely populated city centre. The...
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thandisebe
- May 17, 2020
- 7 min
The Little Girl and Her Quest for Normal
There is a little girl, no older than 7, her curly hair tied back with a worn-out pompom, dressed in a t-shirt with a faded horse-print...
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thandisebe
- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
Home Is
Home is my parents‘ house playing Marco Polo in the round plastic pool my father patched frequently „Papa, der Pool muss papariert...
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thandisebe
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
Joburg Stories
Two beautiful women followed by two (bleh) men exit a large Jozi shopping centre. They have clearly just come from the salon; parading...
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thandisebe
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
Personal Growth > hair growth
I recently lost my hair. Pretty much all of it. Well, not quite all, but those on my head at least. I lost the hair we like as opposed...
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thandisebe
- May 17, 2020
- 9 min
Returning Home
Being the outsider in our family – the one without knowledge of her own culture, the light one, the „white“ one, the Western one, the...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 5 min
Cape Town Stories 27
There is an old bric-a-brac shop on Woodstock main road, lodged between another second hand store and a shop that sells everything from...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Cape Town Stories 26
I went to Slow Cooked Sundays the other day, a really great event that happens every other week, known for its dope music, great vibe, a...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
Cape Town Stories 25
Last night I went to an event. I’m not sure exactly what it was, somebodie’s farewell, but also a real event with wristbands and a bar...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Cape Town Stories 24
Rondebosh Main Road, 7.30pm. The sun is setting, but I rush to the little Woolworths on the corner to do some last minute grocery...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
Cape Town Stories 23
In South Africa the month of December is generally regarded as a month of celebration and getting drunk. Also, in South Africa December...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
Cape Town Stories 22
Coming from a meeting with my agency in Rondebosh I decided not to take a Taxify back home but instead revert back to the cheaper option...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Cape Town Stories 21
One local resident of Woodstock’s streets came out of a shop with some take-away. We stood at the traffic light together, I waiting for...
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thandisebe
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Cape Town Stories 20
I have been advised to carry a headscarf with me in my handbag at all times. Why? Oh, just incase my wig gets stolen from off of my head.
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