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On Bare # the blesser’s game [SPOILER ALERT!]

Amazon, 2020 I decide d to pick up South Africa’s most mainstream read at the moment, after hearing such a great deal about the book series  Bare . I decided to opt for book one of the popular South African book series and check whether it truly satisfied its Expectations. Bare is a  f ictional story fused with real life experiences of its    award-winning author Jackie Phamotse, who also happens to be a former slay queen.  Bare  is based in the post-apartheid South African era and follows Treasure a young woman with a cherished ambition to become a successful model, she comes from a dysfunctional family where her father was abusive towards her mother. She is propelled to leave home for the city of gold after extremely harrowing events happen to her, after she gets pursued by a rich man, she finds herself wrapped up in the world of ‘blessers’ but not the kind that are bestowed by God. The author did a grand job with the book cover it gives away just right amount of glimpse into the

Venting about my adoration for The muffinz

      Amazon,2020 Ever Since I heard The muffinz singing Umsebenzi we ndoda from my Grandmother’s silver CRT Sony television set one Saturday afternoon, on SABC 3 at that time I was around 12 years old, I didn’t know much about good music, but, what I knew was my ears were certainly sold. The muffinz is a 5-piece male band that was birthed at the University of Johannesburg. They bring a variety of elements to the group comparable to bringing different ingredients to make  muffins, which explains their band name. They make groovy yet soulful music. What I admire about this group is that they don’t fit into one specific genre, their sound has a jazzy, afro soul to it with sprinkles of reggae. They shift effortlessly between these sounds. They are in my opinion the best band to ever come out of South Africa (as the generation Z would put it 'Period!') As I matured over the years, my appetite for good soulful music had overwhelmingly increased, as well as my understanding.