Ayanda Borotho

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Internalized stigma, discrimination, and depression among men and women living with HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa

   · 2007 · cited 473x

2. The political origins of health inequity: prospects for change

   · 2014 · cited 450x

3. Risk Factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Death in a Population Cohort Study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa

   · 2020 · cited 315x

4. Recent progress in carbon-based nanomaterials: critical review

   · 2024 · cited 214x

5. Risk factors for COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and tuberculosis prevalence setting in South Africa: a cohort study

   · 2021 · cited 149x

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Quotes

• “I honestly don't want anyone feeling judged by this post, these are my personal views and no one has to do what I prescribe to in my life. Anyone that knows me well will know that I have a zero English policy in my house. I went to model c schools from standard 1/ grade three and I never spoke English at home”
• “A few years ago my now 5-year-old son was ready for nursery school. After 2 weeks of going, I took him out. The fact that English had begun eroding his mother tongue freaked me out. I have delayed nursery school for this reason”
• “I've had issues with my own people (black) look at me like I'm weird when they speak to my kids in English and I kindly ask them to speak Zulu or Sotho. I don't understand this attitude. Isingisi asinanhlonipho for one. 'hi mom' and 'sawubona ma' are two very different things (again, my opinion). Language is our first point of connection with who we are”
• “If I'm to be honest, I've had the worst body insecurities. Three kids later and being told 'you've gained weight' (because somehow the body of the 20-year-old you should match that of the 42-year-old you). The things people have said to you can stick so much that they become an invisible wound”
• “Sometimes, no matter how emotionally intelligent you have become, it affects you. At the end of the day we are human. Some days I'm more confident, other days not. Some days I care, others I don't. Yesterday was one of those I didn't care what anyone has ever said. And I wanted to own that moment. It was mine. Mine to appreciate and to embrace”
• “For me, what failure was growing up was not being able to make a mistake and disappointing my parents. We are taught that it's not OK to make mistakes”

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