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This thing called … The Past

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 RitaYvonne

It can shape your future if you let it. It can cloud your present if you allow it. It can

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Did Slavery Really End Or Did It Rebrand?

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 RitaYvonne

We like to think of slavery as a historical aberration, a grotesque past long since buried beneath emancipation proclamations and

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This thing called …Persistence

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 RitaYvonne

I will win because I will never give up. Set back? Still, I rise.Fear? I face it head-on.For my greatness

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This Elusive Thing Called … Beauty

July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 RitaYvonne

Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder, But what truly matters is how you choose to

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This Thing Called … The Mind

April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 RitaYvonne

It is the most fascinating force within you.It is the most powerfully complex machine ever entrusted to humanity.It is made

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This Thing Called … Failure

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025 RitaYvonne

It can make or break you, It can lead to depression or blessing, It can leave you in poverty or

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Overwhelmed By Chronic Stress

December 14, 2024December 14, 2024 RitaYvonne

Why is life so relentless?Why is the road so jagged, so rough?It stretches endlessly, with no respite in sight.I thought

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Why Is The Black Woman Angry?

November 24, 2024November 24, 2024 RitaYvonne

Why wouldn’t she be angry? When she has endured the horrors of slavery and colonisation. Why wouldn’t she be angry?

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This Thing Called … Friendship

October 23, 2024November 24, 2024 RitaYvonne

It can be real or fake, It can be deep or shallow, It can be good, bad and ugly, It

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This thing called … Race – (ism)

August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 RitaYvonne

Where did it even come from? Why was it even invented? To whose benefit was it thought of and implemented?

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