Wowos Club

The book cohort is a new initiative within the Wowos Club. WBC was created to encourage our members to read. You can join the cohort on WhatsApp. 

We have a line-up of books that members need to read and discuss. We need to meet at least once a month, and/or each time a book is completed, to discuss. It is vital that all members stick to the deadlines and also suggest dates and venues where we could meet to discuss the books. During a lockdown, all sessions will be conducted virtually.   

Previous Meetings: 

31 January 2023: Book for Review: Closing the Gap - Professor Tshilidzi Marwala (Dr Mtsweni gave his review account. Facilitator: Zibuse Kunene). The Presentation is now available here. The recording is available here.  

Next Meetings: 

Meeting (or Virtual) dates will be announced closer to, or after, the due date. 

28 November 2025 

Dear Wowos, 

Robin Sharma points out that, "The single-finest way to lead your field is to increase your skills relentlessly. You truly want to become so good at what you do that no one else in the world can do what you do."

Robin continues, "That's about reading every relevant book you can get your hands on so you grow into a genuine master of your craft."

To do what Robin is recommending, please visit the site here: https://www.wowosclub.org/bookclub and consider joining our reading and lending activities. Your participation helps strengthen our community and supports everyone's growth.

I have the following book request: 

1. Bokamoso Molebienang is looking for the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. 
2. Ntumeleng Nkosi is looking for the book, "The Word is as You Are" by Nada Amari. 

If you do have these books, please consider lending them to our members. I have started a Wowos Club Honest Library, where you get a book to read if you leave a good one. Please connect with me if you are interested in this initiative.

Robin Sharma is of the view that, "Investing in a book is reaching for your promise. I buy more books than I know I will read in my lifetime. It makes me happy to get a book. Gives me hope. Activates my energy. And allows me to assemble a library that will be a legacy for my children."

Sincerely, 

Wonga Ntshinga 

Founder and Director, Wowos Club

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“We African writers are bound by our calling to do for our languages what Spencer, Milton and Shakespeare did for English; what Pushkin and Tolstoy did for Russian; indeed what all writers in world history have done for their languages by meeting the challenge of creating a literature in them, which process later opens the languages for philosophy, science, technology and all the other areas of human creative endeavours” - Ngungi Wa Thiong’o - Decolonising the Mind 

“The goal is not to read the book, the goal is to become a reader” - James Clear 

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Source: Letter to Varro (46 BCE)