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https lodigame vip PKL Season 11: Patna Pirates complete semis lineup with easy 31-23 win over U MumbaIn November last year, critically acclaimed novelist Toni Morrison sat down with fellow writer Pam Houston to discuss Morrison’s eighth novel titled Love for Oprah Magazine . When asked why she had chosen that name, Morrison responded by saying, “[Love] is easily the emptiest cliché, the most useless word, and at the same time the most powerful human emotion — because hatred is involved in it, too. “I thought if I removed the word from nearly every other place in the manuscript, it could become an earned word. If I could give the word, in my very modest way, its girth and its meaning and its terrible price and its clarity at the moment when that is all there is time for, then the title does work for me.” Four years beforehand, in 1999, feminist icon and scholar bell hooks wrote a book titled all about love which was her meditation on the long-existing gap in the literature on love. In this book, hooks conceived of a definition for love, in the midst of an increasingly loveless society, this, we are told, is a book that teaches us “how to return to love”. When Zoë Modiga and I formally start our interview over Zoom after a giggle-filled catch-up, I ask about her musical oeuvre so far and how she feels it relates to the politics of love. Specifically, I ask her about bell hooks’ first chapter in all about love , titled Clarity: Give Love The Words, and how her work on her albums Yellow: The Novel , Inganekwane and Nomthandazo has seemingly given love new lyricism and melody. “Oh man,” starts Modiga, “I really love the idea of my discography being read that way. “I always say that words aren’t everything, which is quite ironic for a singer-songwriter, but I also think that, as much as there aren’t words for everything, there are some words to describe how we can love on life. “Life can be both magical and deeply challenging.” Thoughtfully, Modiga continues, “For me, it has created a lot of ease to share a love into that space through my music, whether it was about internal feelings, whether it was about black people, spiritual spaces — I think my discography has been about figuring out and seeking a loving for all these things and spaces.” As we continue to talk about love and its attendant politics, Modiga explains how it can be a path to liberation. Like Morrison, Modiga understands that because of its power, love can situate us in new, just political possibilities. In creating three projects that explore different iterations of love, Modiga was not only filling out the girth of the word but giving us sonic riffs that might re-acquaint us with “how to return to love”, as bell hooks suggested. Take for instance Yellow: The Novel , her 2017 debut album, a 23-song, multi-genre explosion onto the South African music scene as a solo artist. On the second track, Abounding Within , Modiga’s mellifluous vocals float atop the bass rhythms. She starts: “I know that there’s a place/ Inside of all of us/ A place that’s made of love/ Where peace and truth abound/ It’s lying there away in its dormant state / Waiting for our souls it sits and sighs aloud ...” In her second studio album, Inganekwane (2020), Modiga thinks through the nodes of love in community. Songs such as Inganekwane , Umdali and Abantu call for introspection, for communal practices of love and healing and a belief that a spiritual realm beyond our understanding has called for communities of black and dispossessed people over the world to continue to fight for their humanity with an undeterred resilience. In Isegazini , Modiga’s sweet tone affirms that this spiritual inheritance is codified in our DNA. On her third album, which was released in April, Nomthandazo , she calls for prayer as a tool with which to exercise the practice of love. For Modiga, if we are to take the praxis of love seriously, we need to look back to move forward. “I find myself in looking back — in looking back I find myself,” she explains gently. Nomthandazo , which loosely translates as “mother of prayer”, is her aural and imaginative reclamation of a grandmother she did not meet but carries forward in her prayers and in her life. “My mother always tells me that I remind her of her mother,” the musician continues as she shows how the memory of lineage unfolds anew in her own life. Soon after, we talk about the school bell that sits in Modiga’s apartment. She indirectly inherited it from her grandmother, who used it when she was a teacher. “The idea of having something so much older than me in my possession is insane to me,” she laughs in another interview. As we speak about it, Abdullah Ibrahim and Johnny Dyani’s song Ntsikana’s Bell becomes the soundtrack of our conversation. Beyond the memory of her grandmother, Modiga is the kind of artist who exudes a comfortable, self-possessed elegance and this shows when she is likened to famous figures such as Miriam Makeba, Busi Mhlongo and Nina Simone. There is a seriousness in her choice of aesthetics and self-styling that does not denote a self-obsession but rather an invitation to all the poetic landscapes that she creates through her music. Her message to love each other is not shallow but, to rephrase Modiga herself, unbending. In many ways this quality is why she was so enthralled by the late Hugh Masekela. Modiga will be one of the acts performing at the festival in his honour this year. HughFest will be on at Nirox Sculpture Park in Krugersdorp on Sunday 1 December. Presented by Assupol and hosted by the Hugh Masekela Heritage Foundation, the PR missive states that “the late Bra Hugh Masekela’s eclecticism and famous ‘Love, Learn, Teach’ motto is yet again reflected in the festival he founded”. Modiga recounts how she first performed in a similar stage curated by Masekela. “I remember being so elated to be part of that and, for me, I was, like, ‘There are so many people that this man has mentored and given platforms, why me?’” she relates, almost incredulously. “It was 2018, and Yellow: The Novel was about a year old at this time, and I didn’t understand what he genuinely saw in me. I remember doing that show in Soweto and seeing my name on banners for the first time. “I remember, I felt like an icon. He was the reason why my name was on that kind of thing for the first time.” For Modiga this was a material practice in love from Masekela, a way to hold space for newer generations while appreciating the work of those who came before. Talking about her performance at the HughFest, Modiga says she intends to pay homage to that generosity of spirit. It will be fuelled by the love of a beloved South African ancestor who shifted the terrain of our country’s music globally and, in many ways, helped introduce it to new audiences. As we bring the conversation to a close, we think deeply about this philosophical invitation to go forward by looking back. Perhaps in thinking through the genealogies of shared cultural histories, we can give life to the isiZulu expression unyawo alunampumulo, meaning a person is a person wherever they may come from. A call for love is not cliché nor is it predictable and Modiga’s discography reflects that. Rather, it is a means by which we can stitch together new, just worlds, no matter where we come from. • Modiga will be performing on 29 November at The Chairman in Durban. • HughFest will be on at Nirox Sculpture Park in Krugersdorp on 1 December, featuring performances by Modiga, TKZee, The Mahotella Queens, Tete Mbambisa, Dato Seiko with John Selolwane, and Khaya Mahlangu with Nhlanhla Mahlangu plus, on decks, Sumthin Brown B2B with DJ Bob.

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No. 5 UCLA snaps No. 1 South Carolina's 43-game win streakMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguayans on Sunday voted in the second round of the country's presidential election , with the conservative governing party and the left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff after failing to win an outright majority in last month’s vote . The closing of polls started a countdown to the announcement of official results as independent polling firms were preparing to release so-called quick counts. Depending on how tight the vote turns out to be, electoral officials may not call the race for days — as happened in the contentious 2019 runoff that brought center-right President Luis Lacalle Pou to office and ended 15 years of rule by Uruguay’s left-leaning Broad Front. Uruguay's staid election has turned into a hard-fought race between Álvaro Delgado, the incumbent party’s candidate who won 27% in the first round of voting on Oct. 27, and Yamandú Orsi from the Broad Front, who took 44% of the vote in the first round. But other conservative parties that make up the government coalition — in particular, the Colorado Party — notched 20% of the vote collectively, enough to give Delgado an edge over his challenger. Congress ended up evenly split in the October vote. Most polls have shown a virtual tie between Delgado and Orsi, with nearly 10% of Uruguayan voters undecided even at this late stage. Many said they believed turnout would be low if voting weren't compulsory in the country. “Neither candidate convinced me and I feel that there are many in my same situation," said Vanesa Gelezoglo, 31, in the capital, Montevideo, adding she would make up her mind at “the last minute.” Analysts say the candidates' lackluster campaigns and broad consensus on key issues have generated extraordinary indecision and apathy in an election dominated by discussions about social spending and concerns over income inequality but largely free of the anti-establishment rage that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere . “The question of whether Frente Amplio (the Broad Front) raises taxes is not an existential question, unlike what we saw in the U.S. with Trump and Kamala framing each other as threats to democracy," said Nicolás Saldías, a Latin America and Caribbean senior analyst for the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit. “That doesn't exist in Uruguay.” Both candidates are also appealing to voter angst over a surge in violent crime that has shaken a nation long regarded as one of the region’s safest, with Delgado promising tough-on-crime policies and Orsi advocating a more community-oriented approach. Delgado, 55, a rural veterinarian with a long career in the National Party, campaigned on a vow to continue the legacy of current President Lacalle Pou — in some ways making the election into a referendum on his leadership. He campaigned under the slogan “re-elect a good government." While a string of corruption scandals rattled Lacalle Pou's government last year, the president — who constitutionally cannot run for a second consecutive term — now enjoys high approval ratings and a strong economy expected to grow 3.2% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. Inflation has also eased in recent months, boosting his coalition. Delgado served most recently as Secretary of the Presidency for Lacalle Pou and promises to pursue his predecessor's pro-business policies. He would continue pushing for a trade deal with China that has raised hackles in Mercosur, an alliance of South American countries promoting regional commerce. "We have to give the government coalition a chance to consolidate its proposals,” said Ramiro Pérez, a street vendor voting for Delgado on Sunday. Orsi, 57, a former history teacher and two-time mayor from a working-class background, is widely seen as the political heir to iconic former President José “Pepe” Mujica , an ex-Marxist guerilla who raised Uruguay's international profile as one of the region's most socially liberal and environmentally sustainable nations during his 2010-2015 term. His Broad Front coalition oversaw the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and the sale of marijuana in the small South American nation of 3.4 million people. “He's my candidate, not only for my sake but also for my children's,” Yeny Varone, a nurse, said of Orsi. “In the future they'll have better working conditions, health and salaries.” Mujica, now 89 and recovering from esophageal cancer , was among the first to cast his ballot after polls opened. “Uruguay is a small country, but it has earned recognition for being stable, for having a citizenry that respects institutional formalities,” he told reporters from his local polling station. “This is no small feat.” While promising to forge a “new left” in Uruguay, Orsi plans no dramatic changes. He proposes tax incentives to lure investment and social security reforms that would lower the retirement age but fall short of a radical overhaul sought by Uruguay's unions. The contentious plebiscite on whether to boost pension payouts failed to pass in October, with Uruguayans rejecting generous pensions in favor of fiscal constraint. Both candidates pledged full cooperation with each other if elected. “I want (Orsi) to know that my idea is to form a government of national unity,” Delgado told reporters after casting his vote in the capital's upscale Pocitos neighborhood. He said that if he won, he and Orsi would chat on Monday over some yerba mate, the traditional herbal drink beloved by Uruguayans. Orsi similarly pledged a smooth and respectful transition of power, describing Sunday's democratic exercise as “an incredible experience" as he voted in Canelones, the sprawling town of beaches and cattle ranches just north of Montevideo where he served as mayor for a decade. “The essence of politics is agreements,” he said. “You never end up completely satisfied.” ___ Associated Press writer Isabel DeBre in Villa Tunari, Bolivia, contributed to this report. Nayara Batschke, The Associated Press

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