Category The Second Mind

When Dreams Quietly Die

When Dreams Quietly Die in a Klerksdorp suburb as a young Nguni woman stands still while life moves around her.

INTRODUCTION: When Dreams Quietly Die When Dreams Quietly Die, it doesn’t only affect Nosipho… it affects everyone. Because what feels small in the beginning… is never small. The moment it starts, the butterfly effect is already in motion. And time…

How Your Father Shaped You

Where It Really Starts: How Your Father Shaped You How your father shaped you: A South African boy grows up believing his father is a compass. How your father shaped you is something most men only understand much later in…

How Your Mother Shaped You

how your mother shaped you through a Sotho woman standing in a South African township with a taxi in the background

Where It Really Starts How your mother shaped you didn’t begin when you were old enough to understand life. It started before that. Before you had opinions.Before you had language.Before you even knew what emotions were. There was already an…