What the Cats of Essaouira taught me about Motherhood
A town hugging the Atlantic along Morocco’s coast, filled with unpretentious locals, raucous seagulls, the call to prayer echoing through
A town hugging the Atlantic along Morocco’s coast, filled with unpretentious locals, raucous seagulls, the call to prayer echoing through

We met in April 2025, when I stayed at your beautiful cabin in Underberg. I was just beginning my journey down the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, traveling from Durban to Ngcizela, a village in the Transkei where I was set to

In April 2025, I traveled to a remote part of South Africa to volunteer at a school. I expected to

Dear Momodu, I met you on the street outside the medina—the old walled part of town—in Essaouira, Morocco, on December