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Moments with Monique Needham

June 17, 2013

1. Please tell us a bit about who Monique is and how this journey all started? I am just someone who wants to create stuff. Thats what I tell people when they ask me what I do. I create stuff. I spent a long time working with crews in my television production days, working with directors and producers, … More Moments with Monique Needham

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‘There is danger in letting people misname you. If you are fire, do not answer when they call you a spark.’ ~ @beingupile • • • The poetry and short prose in Nectar by @beingupile will have you shouting ‘yaas’, you will also ‘poetry snap’ your fingers as you shout your ‘yaaas’, some will leave you with a lump in your throat and most importantly you will LOVE LOVE the book! If you know me, you know that my bookshelves are organised in a rating system, and Nectar has found its spot on the top shelf! I’ve already savoured every word on every page twice over this weekend alone. I am pleased to share with you one of my top 2019 reads! Follow the link in my bio to purchase #Nectar • • #AfricanLiterature #AfricanPoetry #winterreads #bookstgram #bookstagrammer #booksandheadscarves #UpileChisala #africanpoetskillingit #africanbooks
What are you reading for November? Any other INFJs rejoicing that the cold weather is here only because we can mostly stay indoors in peace and get our reading on? This is my November #TBR. Yes I watched and enjoyed the #PrimeSeries Modern Love and went ahead and got the book! Have you read any of the books on the list? Thoughts? Special shoutout to my sis @funms for my Rich Auntie tshirt as y’all know being a Rich Auntie is a whole Moood! • • • #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #africanbookstagrammer #africanbookstagram #tbr #reading #november #novemberreads #richauntievibes #blackgirlsread #readersofinstagram #infj
"Cooking is like love: It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." — Harriet van Horne • • • I was hosting yesterday a ‘Come Dine With Me’ ‘competition’ and yes oh yes I created and printed a whole menu! It went down greatly especially as my guest hadn’t ever had cauliflower rice! Swipe for the food pics. When hosting how extra are you? I’m competitive and aim to win so I go extra bougie 🤷🏾‍♀️ #comedinewithme #cauliflowerrice #cooking #foodporn #food #weekendvibes #bookstagram #blackgirlmagic #zimbabwean #BougieBlackGirls #booktuber #blackgirlmagic #LivingLaVidaReenie #greatbritishwinter
I would like to thank God and my ancestors for keeping me, guiding me and blessing me! • • • It’s your fave corporate bae’s aka savage auntie’s birthday! Corporate Bae is me, the birthday is mine! I’m trying not to go all Virgo and tell y’all how blessed you are to know me, how I silently judge your grammatical errors (most often it’s actually not silent), how I give awesome advice (I could be a life coach, but then again I’m an introvert so I’d probably not turn up to life coaching events), how I’m the funniest person you know (I mean you’re probably cackling as you read this...awesome is me), how I am the empath you lean on and how I will never say ‘I told you so’ when you don’t listen to my advice so I usually just rephrase it and say ‘can we circle back to what I once said’...oh wait I feel like I’m going full Virgo on y’all, let me go back to being a humble introvert...but don’t pass go, stop and tell the Virgo in your life how you love our know-it-all selves 😂 #birthdaygirl
‘If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it’ ~ Toni Morrison,• • • • August is my birthday month and I LOVE LOVE LOVE books and reading, so I thought to enjoy this awesome month together with you my #bookstagram pals, why don’t I create a #BookPhotoChallenge for August!! So please join me on this challenge and invite others to join along by reposting this post! Be sure to use the #booksandheadscarves and #augustbookphotochallenge tags. • • • #bookstagram #books #augustbookchallenge #augustbooks #tbrpile
‘You weathered this storm with grace my friend’ ~ @vimfromzim • • ‘All these blessings, this moment right now, you deserve it. Stand in it’ - @mamafixer • • • • ‘Tinodada newe mwanangu (translation - we are proud of you my child)’ - my Mama. • • • The first 6 months of 2019 have been valleys, and deeper valleys BUT God yeah...God showed out! I’m so grateful for my sisterhood, my girls who have talked me off ledges, who have prayed for me, did Novenas, checked in, visited me, called me, sent me encouraging DMs here on IG (I love my DMs crew)! As July starts, Eyes haven’t seen, ears haven’t heard the kinds of blessings that are going to fall on me! • • • How was your first half of 2019? I pray July brings with blessings upon blessings! • • • #booktuber #africanliterature #africangirlskillingit #youtuber #zimbabweanblogger #africanskillingit #BlackGirlsWhoRead #blackgirlmagic #4chair #bookstagram #LivingLaVidaReenie #africanliterature #AfricanBookClub #AfricanBooktube #GreatBritishSummer #realstyle #thestylescrapbook #booksandheadscarves #bookrecommendations #girlswhoread #reading #bookstagram #bookworm #afrogirl #blackgirlsrock #blackbritishbookstagrammer
‘What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it’s not fooling a soul.’ ~ American Gods: Neil Gaiman. • • • • • So this book was recommended to me as a Must Read and I have to say it took me a while to read this book because it starts off real slow, like real real slow but then I got into it. The protagonist, Shadow is a cool, calm, collected, cagey, tough and sensitive guy. He moves through his story as if he could be a pawn to the gods, yet his passivity is actually combined with gentle kindness and decency, he is rather complex. The Old gods are often monstrous and the new gods are ‘villains’ that are somehow worshipped on a daily basis(Technology, the Media, the Vehicle). • • • • Rating: 🌟🌟🌟💫 3.5/5 • • • Have you read American Gods? What are your thoughts? • • Anyone else use sentimental photos as bookmarks? #neilgaiman #neilgaimanquote #americangods #booktuber #africanliterature #africangirlskillingit #youtuber #zimbabweanblogger #africanskillingit #BlackGirlsWhoRead #blackgirlmagic #4chair #bookstagram #LivingLaVidaReenie #africanliterature #AfricanBookClub #AfricanBooktube #GreatBritishSummer #realstyle #thestylescrapbook #booksandheadscarves #bookrecommendations #girlswhoread #reading #bookstagram #bookworm #afrogirl #blackgirlsrock
‘Sometimes the only available transportation is a leap of faith’ ~ Margaret Shepard. • • • • • Woman Crush Wednesday for this week is @freddieharrel !! Founder of @radswan which is now backed by L’Oréal! Look of a the wide range of more conscious, maintenance free , affordable protective styling options! She’s also a sweet gem 💝 • • • #wcw #womencrushwednesday #weekendvibes #bookstagram #blackgirlmagic #zimbabwean #bikerchicks #bikergirl #BougieBlackGirls #Friends #EverythingIsLove #booktuber #africanliterature #africangirlskillingit #youtuber #zimbabweanblogger #africanskillingit #BlackGirlsWhoRead #blackgirlmagic #4chair #bookstagram #LivingLaVidaReenie #africanliterature #AfricanBookClub #AfricanBooktube #greatbritishwinter #realstyle #thestylescrapbook #LaDolceVita #girlswhoread #reading #bookstagram #bookworm #blackgirlsrock
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston. • It’s almost halfway through of 2019, and here’s hoping that it’s a year that answers all our prayers. • • #weekendvibes #bookstagram #blackgirlmagic #zimbabwean #bikerchicks #bikergirl #BougieBlackGirls #Friends #EverythingIsLove #booktuber #africanliterature #africangirlskillingit #youtuber #zimbabweanblogger #africanskillingit #BlackGirlsWhoRead #blackgirlmagic #4chair #bookstagram #LivingLaVidaReenie #africanliterature #AfricanBookClub #AfricanBooktube #greatbritishwinter #realstyle #thestylescrapbook #LaDolceVita #girlswhoread #reading #bookstagram #bookworm #afrogirl #blackgirlsrock

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