Bringing my American Brothers Home.

Five years abroad, one painful absence: The day my brothers touched Zimbabwean soil for the very first time.

Jan 25 • Phiwe Mhlope

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December 2025

Feels Like I Never Left

A meditation on returning home after five years abroad.

Dec 17, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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Originality Is Overrated; Resonance Is Underrated.

When navigating a congested landscape of ideas, attempting to squeeze ourselves in, what should we create?

Dec 7, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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November 2025

Why I’m Leaving Social Media.

On the question of the consequential good and bad of social media, at least in the early stages, it was assumed the technology was neutral.

Nov 30, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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March 2025

In Art Lies Evidence of the Transcendent

A Tribute to Yallunder

Mar 18, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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February 2025

Amor fati:Of Things That Just Are

Nietzsche and the Love of One’s Fate

Feb 17, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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Notes on February

In this Month of Love, Begin with Yourself.

Feb 3, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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January 2025

The Mark of Authenticity

How Sjava merged Zulu tradition with modern Hip-pop, Redefining Afropop, and earning a Kendrick Lamar nod.

Jan 12, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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Hailing In the New

Lessons for life on Goals, Success, Happiness, Books, Politics and God.

Jan 5, 2025 • Phiwe Mhlope

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December 2024

Taking Stock

Books, Music, Movies, and Milestones That Defined My Year.

Dec 29, 2024 • Phiwe Mhlope

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The Dark Knight

A poem...

Dec 4, 2024 • Phiwe Mhlope

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November 2024

On The United States Elections And Incentives For Autocrats.

It is said of Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire(today’s Democratic Republic of the Congo) that he once told Rwanda’s president, Juvénal Habyarimana, “I’ve been…

Nov 10, 2024 • Phiwe Mhlope

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