Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Backrooms the 2026 sci-fi psychological horror film Backrooms that stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark a broken man spiralling down the unknowable maze of liminal space.It is a film adaptation of the Backrooms based on Kane Parsons's videos in his feature-length directorial debut. Read on Becoming The Muse

Majuru and indigenous knowledge systems ecological indicators...The patterns of soldier termites can forecast weather and seasons.Read on Becoming The Muse

Unpacking the complexity of legacy and Thomas Mapfumo's acceptance of a million-dollar offer.Can the intention of an action be separated from the symbolism of an action?Read on Becoming The Muse

How junior parliament mirrors the values displayed by the parliament it imitates and the structures of governance thatpromote patronage over equitable resource distribution.Mbudzi kudya mufenje hunyanyina... Read on Becoming The Muse

The girl in a room filled with broken glass a story told by Sarah in From Series Season 1 Episode 2 analysing the metaphor and what it potentially foreshadows in the mystery box show

coffee with milestones unlocked in WordPress blogging and catch up on happenings in Zimbabwe a teapot-shaped country which recently gazetted the Constitution Amendment Act No 3 and the Medical Services Amendment Act Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Obsession the 2026 supernatural horror movie about a young man who makes a wish with unexpected consequences.Made on a budget of $750 000 its grossed over 300 million making 8th highest grossing film of 2026Read on Becoming The Muse

The Four Of Us a South African soapie telenovela produced bt Tshedza Pictures and dual released on eTV and NetflixThe show replaces etvScandal on the 8pm weekday primetime slotRead on Becoming The Muse

Unpacking The Polygamist opening sequence with a fish and a bird circling each other Read on Becoming The Muse

The long shadow cast by corruption...Almost all our service delivery challenges can be traced back to national budget allocation ending up in someone's pocket.Read on Becoming The Muse

A virtual cup of coffee where we talk about the Football World Cup and the unity of African countries and the shared traditional values that grow in "othering" Read on Becoming The Muse

Review Season 4 of FROM. A mystery box sci-fi supernatural horror television from the creators of LOST starring Harold Perrineau as Boyd Stevens.Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Season 2 of The Agency.A spy thriller series starring Michael Fassbender as MartianRead review on Becoming The Muse

How long would it take Sam and Dean Winchester from Supernatural to solve the mystery of FROM?An imaginative breakdown of how long and how Sam and Dean Winchester would solve the case of the town of From.Read on Becoming The Muse

In many African cultures, the dead are never really gone. They reside in the hearts and minds of those who remember them and our identity is tied into our past.But....How do we know who we are if we do not know where we came from? What happens when the last person who remembers things is gone?Read on Becoming The Muse

We live life with no continuity plan except for a graceful exit, no continuity no successionThe funeral economy that invests more in death than in living Read on Becoming The Muse

A tale about two creatives in love and the sacrifices we make when we make the choice between Passion vs PaychequeRead on Becoming The Muse

A coffeshare conversation about the obligation successful family members are burdened with to take care of everyone else... Black Tax and African communal values of UbuntuRead on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Widow's Bay an Apple TV comedy horror televison show starring Mathew Rhys as Tom Loftis mayor of Widow's Bay a New England island town with an ancient curseRead on Becoming The Muse

Comparing The Polygamist TV adaptation to the book its based on The Polygamist a 2012 novel by Sue Nyathi..Setting, Narrative Voice and The Women in The Polygamist..Read article on Becoming The Muse

Navigating cconnections in an era of algorithm driven outrage and click bait#winterabc26read on becoming the muse

When we used to tell stories by the fireside.The lost art of African Storytelling.#winterabc26Read on Becoming The Muse

The evolution of books and African futurism.What will books look like in the future?#WinterABCRead on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing The Polygamist a South African Netflix telenovela adapted from a book by Sue Nyathi.Starring Sdumo Mtshali as Jonasi Gomora

What do you do when you receive a Copyright Claim email?Read on Becoming The Muse

Are you aware of the information your digital footprint is giving away about you? The Real You?#Winterabc26 Digital Identity & PrivacyRead on Becoming The Muse

Navigating AI as a creative... how do you stay true in world where AI is taking over the creative enterprise?"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."#winterABC26Read on Becoming The Muse

A Faust cautionary tale of AI as a cross roads demon and the bargain we struck... AI for the Creative — Is artificial intelligence a tool, or a threat, for African storytellers? Winterabc26Read on Becoming The Muse

Africa and AI decolonising datasetsIs AI in Africa a buzzword used in speeches and at conferences and summits ?Who controls Africa's data?Read on Becoming The Muse

Door poetry... DoetryLife as a corridor of choices with doors as a metaphor... to keep knocking or to walk awayRead on Becoming The Muse

Preserving African languages before they become museum pieces.Language is a key part of identity, and colonial systems set out to wipe out our language and culture"A language that cannot describe today will eventually be remembered only in yesterday."WinterABC2026Read on Becoming The Muse

An ode to home... outside looking in, this is what home looks like.A social commentary poem about life in Zimbabwe #winterABC26read on Becoming The Muse

Strangers become family... oh what a small world.Homeownership in Zimbabwe before independence. The old homeownership schemes for housing in the townships Read on Becoming The Muse

A walkdown memory lane growing up in the 90s...Sarura wako kadeye deya nendoro chena Nostalgia, Naivety, and the Things We Didn't Questionread on ⁠Becoming The Muse⁠

Coffee with WinterABC An Afrobloggers Blogging Challenge where we talk about how the maps have lied to us...

Review of Spider-Noir, a superhero noir series starring Nicholas Cage as Ben Reilly a private investigator by day and a crime fighting hero by night. Read on ⁠Becoming The Muse

Reviewing The Boroughs, a sci-fi drama television series from The Duffer Brothers the executive producers of Stranger Things.Set in a seemingly picture-perfect retirement community, we follow a crew of unlikely heroes as they fight for the one thing they cant afford to lose, time.Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing 180 a South African Netflix revenge thriller crime drama movie starring Prince Grootboom A road rage incident escalates into a brutal fight for survival.Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing the 2026 Netflix action thriller series Man on Fire starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as John Creasy.The series is loosely adapted from the 1980 novel by A. J. Quinnell.Read the review on Becoming The Muse

The Fish Bowl Is Also On Fire. Indigo Saint's New Music Album is a Masterclass in Letting Go. Its about love in all its forms; romantic obsession, emotional distance, yearning, heartbreak, grief, and the painful process of letting go.Read on Becoming The Muse

How do you measure Thanks?Can gratitude be quantified?Saying thank you in a world where appreciation has become a currency thats hoarded like currency fo favours.Read on Becoming The Musepodcast milestones

Review of Citadel Season 2 a spy thriller tv show created by The Russo Brothers, starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci and Matt Berry.Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Rooster, a 2026 dramedy created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, starring Steve Carrell. Read on Becoming The Muse

Review of Watson Season 2, a medical investigative drama series by Craig Sweeny starring Morris Chestnut as the titular Dr Watson adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.Read season 2 review on Becoming The Muse 

Zimbabwe: A State of self-sufficiency through the lens of the modest rooftop infrastructure of a suburban home. Read on Becoming The Muse

Review of Ecocloud Storage a customer-focused cloud storage service designed to store videos, pictures, and digital files for a monthly fee in partnership with Babylon CloudRead on Becoming The Muse

Ecocloud Storage by Econet Wireless Zimbabweread on Becoming The Muse

Catching up over a virtual cup of coffee as I recount the Artemis II mission which successfully concluded after a crewed trip to the moon and back.Also current events in Zimbabwe wich include fuel price increases and the Constitutional Amendment Bill number 3 (CAB3)read on Becoming The Moon

Review of High Potential Season 2A crime drama series starring Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillory a high IQ person who works as a consultant for the LAPD's Major Crimes division.Read on Becoming The Muse

Reviewing Memory Of A Killer.An American ⁠crime drama⁠ television series created by ⁠Ed Whitmore⁠ and Tracey Malone that premiered on ⁠Fox⁠ on January 25, 2026. It stars ⁠Patrick Dempsey⁠ as Angelo Doyle a man with double life as a family man and contract killer.Read the review on Becoming The Muse

The Flight Path of Artemis II, which follows a free return trajectory that allows it to slingshot around the moon and return to Earth without needing any extra propulsion.Read on Becoming The Muse