Inspire, encourage and motivate through 'Nguvu'
Africanism Today in collaboration with African Naturals and various other contributions worldwide, have created e-book titled 'Nguvu' to motivate young African women all over the world.
As part of celebrating African ancestry, 'Nguvu' (Swahili for strength) will contain 200 diverse original short stories written by African women for African women. These entries will be selected from different fields and different young women from all walks of life. Its title is a showcase of the strength black African women portray and as well as aiming to bring these same women together and give them an opportunity to tell their stories.
Zodidi Gaseb, founder of African Naturals and the representative of the project in Namibia believes that the e-book will challenge mainstream media stories and steer direction to stories that are not followed up on and aims at celebrating and bringing African women together. “Everyone must have gone through something in life that either made them realise that they need to move forward or want to change something about themselves in order to grow,” she said. Gaseb says that this where 'Nguvu' comes in as it intends to show real-life stories of ordinary women who can motivate others and create a sense of togetherness and unity across the world.
“With this e-book, we want to be as inclusive as possible and we therefore encourage all young women within the ages of 16 to 40 years to submit their entries,” Gaseb added. However, exceptions will be made for excellent entries not included in the age range.
The guidelines for submission is a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 400 words narrating the challenges you as an African woman has faced and what you have done to overcome them. Accompanying your story, you should include a short bio of yourself that includes your name, age, nationality and occupation as well as a clear, good quality picture.
In addition, once your story has been submitted, Africanism Today and various partners have the right to not only publish it for the e-book, but use it for different social media platforms as well.
If you would like to share your story and celebrate life as a young woman in today's time, feel free to email your entry to [email protected].
TUNOHOLE MUNGOBA
As part of celebrating African ancestry, 'Nguvu' (Swahili for strength) will contain 200 diverse original short stories written by African women for African women. These entries will be selected from different fields and different young women from all walks of life. Its title is a showcase of the strength black African women portray and as well as aiming to bring these same women together and give them an opportunity to tell their stories.
Zodidi Gaseb, founder of African Naturals and the representative of the project in Namibia believes that the e-book will challenge mainstream media stories and steer direction to stories that are not followed up on and aims at celebrating and bringing African women together. “Everyone must have gone through something in life that either made them realise that they need to move forward or want to change something about themselves in order to grow,” she said. Gaseb says that this where 'Nguvu' comes in as it intends to show real-life stories of ordinary women who can motivate others and create a sense of togetherness and unity across the world.
“With this e-book, we want to be as inclusive as possible and we therefore encourage all young women within the ages of 16 to 40 years to submit their entries,” Gaseb added. However, exceptions will be made for excellent entries not included in the age range.
The guidelines for submission is a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 400 words narrating the challenges you as an African woman has faced and what you have done to overcome them. Accompanying your story, you should include a short bio of yourself that includes your name, age, nationality and occupation as well as a clear, good quality picture.
In addition, once your story has been submitted, Africanism Today and various partners have the right to not only publish it for the e-book, but use it for different social media platforms as well.
If you would like to share your story and celebrate life as a young woman in today's time, feel free to email your entry to [email protected].
TUNOHOLE MUNGOBA
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