Mohamed Dawjee's guest appearances

Mohamed Dawjee

The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener

The Cheeky Natives

The Wildness with Tiff & Manda

Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto

Donald Trump

Bob Hewitt

Matthew Green

Jeff Bezos

Rajesh Gupta

Gordon Ramsay

Nicole Dennis

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Prince Andrew

Morgan Parker

Benjamin Netanyahu

Tony Blair

Celia Imrie

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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Refilwe Moloto speaks to Haji Mohamed Dawjee, about her new book, Here's The Thing that deals with a number of issues including the loss of loved ones and becoming a parent for the first time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Haji Mohamed Dawjee, about her new book, Here's The Thing that deals with a number of issues including the loss of loved ones and becoming a parent for the first time. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Here's The Thing by Haji Mohamed Dawjee

‘No one owns their stories and the telling of them like white male writers. They are given endless opportunities for it. They can write about anything. They can pen rants about white-men problems and white-men wealth. They can wax lyrical about cars and boats and spaceships. They can have reams and reams of motivational articles published about being ‘bosses’. Without, mind you, ever having to refer to sexual harassment, unequal opportunities, discrimination or unequal pay. But the cherry on the vanilla cake is that they also get to write about the soft, sensitive, soulful stuff. You know?’ – Haji Mohamed DawjeeSouth Africa has been proliferated by conversation about race. We have heard the likes of Koleka Putuma tackle the issue of race through her spoken word and her debut collection of poetry Collective Amnesia.The history of slavery, colonialism and apartheid has shaped the psyche of the nation of South Africa. In the early years of South Africa as a democracy, we were known as the Rainbow nation. Many have disputed this description and offered an account of the South Africa they have lived in. Haji Mohamed Dawjee adds to the choirs of voices in her collections of essays called ‘Sorry, not sorry: experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa’. A timely book written by a brown womxn, speaking truth to power.  Haji was the first social media editor in a newsroom at the Mail &amp; Guardian, where she went on to work as deputy digital editor and a disruptor of the peace through a weekly column. She recalls one of those articles that caused still waters to be unsettled in her book. In this episode, we sat down with the gorgeous Haji to speak about her book. The conversation, held at our favourite bookstore ‘Bridgebook,’ was filled with a diverse audience who had travelled near and far to listen to Haji. Our conversation canvassed whiteness and literature and why she writes what she likes. Throughout the conversation we returned to one theme, which is interracial marriage, inquiring why she did not spend some time in her book sharing her thoughts about interracial dating and marriage, owing to the fact that she was married a white man and now is married to a white womxn.  We spend some time talking about intersectional feminism and what it looks like for her. The conversation led us to talk  about representation and the power of Serena Williams, who she greatly adores. We laughed a lot while revisiting her essay ‘Begging to be White’, this essay had some in stitches. We spoke about the value of whiteness and how costly and taxing it can become.  The conversation covered so much more themes that emerged in her book.  This conversation was challenging, necessary and ripe for the moment.follow Haji on Twitter:  @sage_of_absurd

‘No one owns their stories and the telling of them like white male writers. They are given endless opportunities for it. They can write about anything. They can pen rants about white-men problems and white-men wealth. They can wax lyrical about cars and boats and spaceships. They can have reams and reams of motivational articles published about being ‘bosses’. Without, mind you, ever having to refer to sexual harassment, unequal opportunities, discrimination or unequal pay. But the cherry on the vanilla cake is that they also get to write about the soft, sensitive, soulful stuff. You know?’ – Haji Mohamed Dawjee South Africa has been proliferated by conversation about race. We have heard the likes of Koleka Putuma tackle the issue of race through her spoken word and her debut collection of poetry Collective Amnesia. The history of slavery, colonialism and apartheid has shaped the psyche of the nation of South Africa. In the early years of South Africa as a democracy, we were known as the Rainbow nation. Many have disputed this description and offered an account of the South Africa they have lived in. Haji Mohamed Dawjee adds to the choirs of voices in her collections of essays called ‘Sorry, not sorry: experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa’. A timely book written by a brown womxn, speaking truth to power. Haji was the first social media editor in a newsroom at the Mail &amp; Guardian, where she went on to work as deputy digital editor and a disruptor of the peace through a weekly column. She recalls one of those articles that caused still waters to be unsettled in her book. In this episode, we sat down with the gorgeous Haji to speak about her book. The conversation, held at our favourite bookstore ‘Bridgebook,’ was filled with a diverse audience who had travelled near and far to listen to Haji. Our conversation canvassed whiteness and literature and why she writes what she likes. Throughout the conversation we returned to one theme, which is interracial marriage, inquiring why she did not spend some time in her book sharing her thoughts about interracial dating and marriage, owing to the fact that she was married a white man and now is married to a white womxn. We spend some time talking about intersectional feminism and what it looks like for her. The conversation led us to talk about representation and the power of Serena Williams, who she greatly adores. We laughed a lot while revisiting her essay ‘Begging to be White’, this essay had some in stitches. We spoke about the value of whiteness and how costly and taxing it can become. The conversation covered so much more themes that emerged in her book. This conversation was challenging, necessary and ripe for the moment. follow Haji on Twitter: @sage_of_absurd

Haji Mohamed Dawjee: Sorry Not Sorry

What can white people do to be better? How do you navigate sexuality and being a gay Indian? Does Haji like sex during the day? Why was Manda a sad panda? Also Haji joined a cult. A whole cult.The Wild Ones sat down with Haji, author of the awesome 'Sorry not Sorry experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa',  a book that explores the often maddening experience of moving through post-apartheid South Africa as a woman of colour. We chatted family, sexuality, writing, mental health, being with a white woman and also… sneakers. Jordans to be exact. A podcast by two queer African girls trying to get through life. Follow Haji on Twitter and Instagram: @sage_of_abusrdFollow The Wildness on Instagram IG: the.wildness and Facebook: The Wildness with Tiff &amp; MandaAmanda on Twitter manda_hodge and Instagram: manda_hodgeHOLAAfrica: www.holaafrica.org IG: insta_holaa Twitter and Facebook: HOLAAfricaLinks to check out:Get the book on Kindle and paper back: https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Not-Experiences-brown-Africa/dp/177609266XBook Extract: Sorry, Not Sorry – experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa - https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-04-10-book-extract-sorry-not-sorry-experiences-of-a-brown-woman-in-a-white-south-africa/#.WvmUgYiFPIU South Africans of colour don’t really write what we like says Haji Mohamed Dawjee says in her book Sorry Not Sorry: Experience of a brown woman- http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/haji-mohamed-dawjee-writes-what-she-likes-in-sorry-not-sorry-shaazia-ebrahim/

What can white people do to be better? How do you navigate sexuality and being a gay Indian? Does Haji like sex during the day? Why was Manda a sad panda? Also Haji joined a cult. A whole cult. The Wild Ones sat down with Haji, author of the awesome 'Sorry not Sorry experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa', a book that explores the often maddening experience of moving through post-apartheid South Africa as a woman of colour. We chatted family, sexuality, writing, mental health, being with a white woman and also… sneakers. Jordans to be exact. A podcast by two queer African girls trying to get through life. Follow Haji on Twitter and Instagram: @sage_of_abusrd Follow The Wildness on Instagram IG: the.wildness and Facebook: The Wildness with Tiff &amp; Manda Amanda on Twitter manda_hodge and Instagram: manda_hodge HOLAAfrica: <a href="http://www.holaafrica.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.holaafrica.org</a> IG: insta_holaa Twitter and Facebook: HOLAAfrica Links to check out: Get the book on Kindle and paper back: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Not-Experiences-brown-Africa/dp/177609266X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Not-Experiences-brown-Africa/dp/177609266X</a> Book Extract: Sorry, Not Sorry – experiences of a brown woman in a white South Africa - <a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-04-10-book-extract-sorry-not-sorry-experiences-of-a-brown-woman-in-a-white-south-africa/#.WvmUgYiFPIU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-04-10-book-extract-sorry-not-sorry-experiences-of-a-brown-woman-in-a-white-south-africa/#.WvmUgYiFPIU</a> South Africans of colour don’t really write what we like says Haji Mohamed Dawjee says in her book Sorry Not Sorry: Experience of a brown woman- <a href="http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/haji-mohamed-dawjee-writes-what-she-likes-in-sorry-not-sorry-shaazia-ebrahim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thedailyvox.co.za/haji-mohamed-dawjee-writes-what-she-likes-in-sorry-not-sorry-shaazia-ebrahim/</a>

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