{"id":3502,"date":"2022-06-20T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2022-06-30T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T16:07:23","slug":"the-calling-of-a-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calling Of A Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become. In the way she would have talked, how she would have made sense of the world and beyond how elders in her community would have perceived and treated her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paul-Nehanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paul-Nehanda.jpg 650w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paul-Nehanda-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paul-Nehanda-324x400.jpg 324w, http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paul-Nehanda-340x420.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become. In the way she would have talked, how she would have made sense of the world and beyond how elders in her community would have perceived and treated her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":3561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,123],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fine-art","8":"category-nehanda-re-imagined"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-20T11:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-30T16:07:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"621\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Maposa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/\",\"name\":\"The POVO Journal\",\"description\":\"And The People Spoke\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg\",\"width\":980,\"height\":621},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/\",\"name\":\"The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-20T11:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-30T16:07:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/03fb8b0167e4b8acdd1e464cf0311a97\"},\"description\":\"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Calling Of A Warrior\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/03fb8b0167e4b8acdd1e464cf0311a97\",\"name\":\"Paul Maposa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/porty_Paul-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/porty_Paul-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Paul Maposa\"},\"description\":\"Paul Maposa's work is built on innovation and engaging storytelling. His work always finds the essence, making an emotional connection to the audience. With a career spanning over 15 years, Paul Maposa illustrations have been featured across numerous projects by non profits, publishing and media outlets.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ziso_1ra_paul\/\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/author\/paul-maposa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal","description":"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal","og_description":"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.","og_url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/","og_site_name":"The POVO Journal","article_published_time":"2022-06-20T11:17:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-30T16:07:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":980,"height":621,"url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Maposa","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website","url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/","name":"The POVO Journal","description":"And The People Spoke","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nehanda_Main_31.jpg","width":980,"height":621},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#webpage","url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/","name":"The Calling Of A Warrior - The POVO Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-06-20T11:17:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-30T16:07:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/03fb8b0167e4b8acdd1e464cf0311a97"},"description":"From an early age, Nehanda would have shown signs of the gift of a warrior she was to become.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/the-calling-of-a-warrior\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Calling Of A Warrior"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/03fb8b0167e4b8acdd1e464cf0311a97","name":"Paul Maposa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/porty_Paul-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/porty_Paul-150x150.jpg","caption":"Paul Maposa"},"description":"Paul Maposa's work is built on innovation and engaging storytelling. His work always finds the essence, making an emotional connection to the audience. With a career spanning over 15 years, Paul Maposa illustrations have been featured across numerous projects by non profits, publishing and media outlets.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ziso_1ra_paul\/"],"url":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/author\/paul-maposa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}