𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 20

Azade
Well speeches were made, a few tears here and there and now it was time for me to make my speech. With the help of Vela I stood up and took the mic and said "Whoo! Kwaze kwanzima umitha, ninga mithi its a scham..." laughter broke out from the crowd. "Well ngiyadlala guys but ke do it at your own risk, with that being said I just want to thank everyone who came through today and celebrated with us, I also wanna send a special thank you to my friends who decided to surprise me with this baby shower ngiyabonga ma ehh and  ngiyanithanda, thank you. " After my speech we played a few games and then everyone went home even my parents so it was just me and my girls, we were going to have a sleepover and just unwind.

Enkosi
You know the media can really cloud your judgment about someone or anything for that matter. I mean I remember following up the story about Azade being a gold digger and the rumors after Nkosinathi Ndlovu and that dom kop friend of his that had publicly humiliated Azade. I admire how she didn't entertain the rumors and how she rebuilt herself in private and made a name for herself funny how the same media is talking about her art not knowing the artist "Scherkharazade" is the same Azade they were shaming. Really it baffles me that they still haven't uncovered her identity but at the same time this makes her art exciting due to the mystery around it and not only that Azade's art speaks to you in volumes, it tells you her story in an intimate sense. If you know your story when it comes to analyzing a portrait then when you get to hers you can easily find yourself relating, feeling, remembering and you will definitely be enticed by her art.

Maybe you are wondering as to why I know so much about her potraits or about her identity... Well it said that everyone has a story to tell and each story has two sides, the part you are so eager to here and the not so exciting part, well my story is that side.

For as long as I can remember I've been on the sidelines of everything, from birth my mother had a favorite my big sister. Everything was about her and I lived under her shadow. She was and still is the star of the family the one whom is "destined for greater things in life" the one who deserves all the good things the universe has to offer... Well I was the fat sister the black sheep of the family, the one who never made it to that big portrait of the family that hangs proudly in the living room ngoba apparently my fat self can't fit into the perfect picture frame without ruining the perfect family picture , I was and probably still am an outcast in my family.  So one day I decided to pack up and leave everything and everyone I knew behind without any fear or doubt. I won't lie and say when it was tough I wasn't tempted to go back home but each and every time I reminded myself that my sanity was more important, I am also deserving of all the good things life has to offer, and the universe did come through for me after I left home because here I am working in Cape Town 's most talked about art gallery and not only that I'm friends with an artist whom everyone wants to uncover, also here I am important, I am not under any one's shadow. On top of that I have my own things that I've worked hard for not some Inheritance that is meant for the golden child.

Vela
Being back home and being around everyone you know and love is a breath of fresh air. Maybe you are wondering why do I say that. Well everyone has this Idea that Dubai is all about the good luxurious life well yes but not only that, there women are controlled. There you are told what to wear, what and when to eat, when to go out and with whom, who to call and when.  Failure to abide results in imprisonment and being treated in the most humiliating way possible.

Well I won't lie and say that my husband is treating me like that no I did my research before even allowing him to date me and I told him from the get go that if he wants to control me then we won't work ndiyintombi yomxhosa kaloku mna andenzwa njalo, that is when I found out that he plans to change the systems in Dubai, he wants women there to have rights and that is why his father doesn't want to step down and give him the throne. So ke I am happy to be home and not there for now mntakabawo andifuni ukuba phakathi kwizigaxa zama Arab.