I had asked friends to: “share what books resonated and moved you to a point that they stayed with you years after you read them”. In the spirit of collecting things that inspire/move us; I promised to share the final list of books and here they are. Thank you for sharing & feel free to send any other suggestions - it’s a growing list!

Sharing Inspiration is Caring :) - Tse

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 Sharing the Other Side of the “Dark Continent” on the Web

Washington, DC/ Lagos  – Audiences looking for other sides to Africa have found the web, and the web, because of its low barrier of entry, has found Africa. More people, institutions and media organizations for personal, long tail, advertising or promotional purposes are now uploading various forms of content and context about the continent on the web – all of which can be accessed for free by anyone with enough interest and bandwidth. Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora, through blogs, citizen reporting sites, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook are becoming part of a growing New Media ecosystem, through which they share news and information promoting those sides of the continent that barely get mentioned. 

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Call for Submissions! Every time a drought or famine happens there are cringe-worthy stories about the Horn of Africa that engulf the media. We at HornLight want to change that! We want to bring more diverse narratives about the Horn, to bring forth it’s Humanity, show that it’s alive, it moves, shifts, creates & innovates dealing with the current crisis and beyond. Please like the facebook page or follow us on twitter @Hornlight & JOIN in the movement, SHARE your story about the Horn …help shift the narrative because stories have a long-lasting impact on how the world & the Horn of Africa deal with itself.

Storytelling is powerful in shaping our realities. We gotta own it. #shareyourstory

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
’ Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!

via @paulcbrunson