<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Afreecan's Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:46:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["Welp! Is that an IMPOSTOR?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I chatted endlessly on an online call with my mom, Wanja, and sister, Becca, an email popped up on my mobile phone. My heart skipped a...]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/welp-is-that-an-impostor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6764c502d361a658c7fe49b7</guid><category><![CDATA[Expression]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 16:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_2bc2f52e325b453987f2c8bc029026b9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CREATIVITY: the persistence of resistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A spiking wave of creative energy has been boiling up within me these past few weeks. Granted, a lot has occurred in the past couple of...]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/creativity-the-persistence-of-resistance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66894f122646c7230232b445</guid><category><![CDATA[Expression]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:45:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_b3c666063a4f49a8b30cb2316011c7f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflecting on Traditional Knowledge]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a reflection on traditional knowledge in the context of African experiences and systems.]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/reflecting-on-traditional-knowledge</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6631648ec5ac2616aba877c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Indigenous Knowledge Systems]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:47:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_7fbc9fce25b2402e8ed97cc7ac3d34b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_936,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music, Poetry and Storytelling.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last post I wrote was a poem, themed as a parabolic protest. Do you consider music to be a part of poetry? Or vice versa even? I...]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/music-poetry-and-storytelling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e8b1521bea04ae341a8725</guid><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_bb665b45d5754fbda5dff06d512e8cc4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_275,h_183,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Institutional Intuition?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A poem-themed protest. A parable expressing the shade of impressions left on Jazz music students at the College of music , UCT.]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/institutional-intuition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e3f63be172f3c704e46ace</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_cd336def395643b2ba7fd7d0edf98414~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_201,h_251,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karibuni sana wadau! Namkelekile! Wherever you are, I welcome you to this space. I'd like to briefly introduce this forum as a place of...]]></description><link>https://theafreecan.wixsite.com/mysite/post/an-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6409d51568bad9e5b35a921c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:13:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dca94d_0378f081585c468bb9c83089e7e4f487~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_997,h_597,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maria Gakenye</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>