Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Amanda ! A.M to the AND A.
Middle name - Sihle
Owako - Ndlovu
(Intro thread)
Born and raised in Bulawayo ❤️ This is where I am now. Living out my childhood dream of being a lawyer. (I wanted to be one for as long as I can remember- I’ll do a thread on this journey later )
I’m a pretty chill person , can be very reserved but I believe in order to grow , you must constantly put yourself out of your comfort zone. For me this year , that was randomly creating a YouTube channel with my 2 sisters @skyeharrison_ & @banele_nd ❤️
I see myself as kind of a nerd. I love to read , to think , to learn. Both inside and outside of the law. A group of motivated young professionals and I created a legal blogging website to encourage and promote legal writing (and reading) dissentiente.com
A different group and I also created @conversions101 which is a legal tutoring services for people with a foreign LLB qualification who want to convert their degrees to Zimbabwean law ! I’ll talk about that more too later.
I also do loads of other things outside of law 😂 and have other interests. I tend to play with creatives a lot more & I rep the coolest squad in the game - #Cottage47 . This is a very special family of young & talented individuals . Will chat about this too
6 March 2020 , I hit up your previous host and natural hair guru herself @sofiasaungweme , to twist my then really big Afro hair into starter locs. I’ve been converting the twists into locs and it looks awesome !
I think this is enough on identification. I’m going to do several themed threads when I can throughout the day. I’m keen for this to be a highly interactive day so please feel free to throw anything random at me & engage. ❤️
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Sharing your content with the world can be very scary, this is because the content that we create is to some extent a piece of ourselves. In this thread, I’m going to give you guys some tips on how you can gain the confidence to share your content.
First tip! Don’t be scared of criticism, instead embrace it!
Sometimes we are so scared of what people will think or say about our content. This fear can be so intense that it can stop from posting content because we seek validation and approval from people on the social media.
Whatever negative feedback you may get from people, it’s up to you to decide how you will let it affect yourself. You can either cry about the whole day(not recommended😂) or you can use that criticism to build you. USE THAT CRITICISM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
I only have 24 hours so this is likely to be my goodnight thread (also i'm tired now ). Please feel free to ask me any questions at this stage while I round up . I'd like to share some reflections that bring together all the different projects i twote (shh allow)
BUT FIRST , have you subscribed to "Amanda and Banele" , it's honestly really interesting . I promise
#Cottage47 This is a group of individuals that almost instantly became like family to me. We’re a hub of people coming together to be great. Raising mental health awareness through various expressions of creativity. Music , art , poetry etc .
I really genuinely urge you to bookmark what I’m about to share and give it a chance. Once you understand each individual, you’ll start to understand what we’re trying to do as a whole 🙏🏾
So my earliest memory of this , i was say 4/5 years old ? Idk. Maybe earlier. Apparently I used to talk ALOT and I had all sorts of opinions and questions. I was also pretty sharp for a kid. So my mam’omncane said to me “Ah Ama , I think you should be a lawyer “
I didn’t know what a lawyer was. But BOY did she sell me dreams . She made it sound so cool and amazing. & the most important part was that she made me believe @ that small age that I , Mina , uAmanda Sihle Ndlovu , I could it 🙏🏾
First thread is going to be the exclusive - never heard before story of the genesis of “Amanda and Banele” ❤️ YT
If you haven’t already , please subscribe youtube.com/channel/UCeczP…
So firstly it’s a family affair. The three girls to the left. Fun fact : we’re creating and running the channel from different cities 🙆🏾♀️ it’s tough but it’s really fun working with my sisters
So it all started with one of those looong WhatsApp calls with my older sister @skyeharrison_ . Now , she’s the MVP behind everything. The woman is a genius. Amongst other things , she offers amazing services for creatives (pr management,helping you sell stuff and be awesome )
Hi, I'm Sofia (not the First), but I'm sure I have been introduced already so this is me wasting characters😂.
So let's talk about my work and the content I create (issa thread - exciiiited).
I'm a hairdresser but I only work with natural hair 😝 .....so yyyeeeaaahhhhh I discriminate naturally.
In my past life I should have been a teacher because not only do I style hair , I also hold master classes where I teach about natural hair care and grooming. I have been told I'm good at it!!!