Mabhengwane Mackenzie

@WhiteZulu
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Translator, Writer, Polyglot, Classicist, Publisher // isiZulu, English, Latin, Greek, French, etc.

isiNtu podcasts here for you to listen to at your leisure! Watch out for regular updates. Most of the episodes are in English.

https://umabhengwane.com/2025/01/29/isintu-podcasts/

isiNtu podcasts

I have been recording podcasts about topics relating to Indigenous Knowledge Systems, as part of my work with South African Heritage Publishers and the Ancestral Voices Collection. I will be postin…

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Inganekwane kaNtombinde

Kunezifayelo (phecelezi amapodcast) engisanda ukuqophela phansi. Nansi inganekwane kaNtombinde kaSikhulumi! Nginethemba lokuthi nawe uzoyijabulela.

https://umabhengwane.com/2025/01/29/inganekwane-kantombinde/

Inganekwane kaNtombinde

Kunezifayelo (phecelezi amapodcast) engisanda ukuqophela phansi. Nansi inganekwane kaNtombinde kaSikhulumi! Nginethemba lokuthi nawe uzoyijabulela. isiqephu sokuqala isiqephu sesibili isiqephu soku…

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"Did you know there's someone in our company who's called 'The Void'?"

"Yeah, I know them. Works at helpdesk in IT."

"Where are they from? It's a weird name."

"They are literally The Void."

"What, the Eternal Abyss?"

"Yeah. Takes all the calls from people who just want to vent."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #BtDtGtts

Phansi nesiLungu! Phansi! A reference on anarchic multilingualism. #multilingualism #anarchy

http://umabhengwane.com/2023/11/14/praxisdissentrevolt/

!PRAXIS!DISSENT!REVOLT!

This is another prompt from Moye, but was very apt to describe what happened last week in a virtual meeting. We sit at the end of a wireless connection, waiting for something interesting to happen …

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Here's a second story for #NaNoWriMo, this time about the weirdness of being a ND kid in a Catholic Primary School.

http://umabhengwane.com/2023/11/07/story-2-2-11-23/

Story 2 – 2/11/23

And When My Eyes Relaxed, They Looked to God This is another prompt from the wonderful folks at Moye Magazine. It was in Class 2 that I realised that I could change my view of reality simply by rel…

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Day 1 of November - after a bit of editing. #NaNoWriMo

http://umabhengwane.com/2023/11/04/story-1-1-11-23/

Story 1 – 1/11/23

I’m writing for NaNoWriMo, using prompts from Moye Magazine. My plan is to write 30 different stories for this month, all in English (for a change). Enjoy. “Free Palestine! Free Haiti! …

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Ambient noise for writing, with the usual mixers for rain and coffee shop, but what if you need to feel like you’re in the middle of a zombie vs medieval knights battle and they’re all being attacked by bees? Maybe throw in a volcano? No problem!

https://neal.fun/ambient-chaos/

#AmWriting #writing #AmbientNoise #CreativeResource

Ambient Chaos

Ambient music gone a little too far...

I shitcanned my Twitter 2 weeks ago.

Left behind 30,000 followers.

Only have 1000 here.

But I still get more traffic to my writing...

Which should tell you something about Birdchan.

Anyway, repost to support an indie transgender tech writer and journalist! ✍️🍕🏳️‍⚧️

NASA just transmitted a software update 12 billion miles to Voyager 2, a feat that’s a marvel of spaceflight engineering and a testament to human achievement. It arrived with the following release notes:

“Bug fixes.”