‘The Land of Honey’ – Book Review

‘The Land of Honey’ – Book Review

“Although life seems to offer all Zimako could ask for at home, it is fraught with underlying political insecurities. Dissatisfied with the status quo, he desires something more and is determined to find a new life for his family in Canada. When they arrive in...
Let’s Save Africa – Together!

Let’s Save Africa – Together!

If you are anything like me, chances are you are a very lucky woman! You have lived a happy middle class type of life in Africa. You graduated from a private high school and went to university in Europe, Canada or The United States. And it’s while being outside of...
An Attitude of Gratitude.

An Attitude of Gratitude.

By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron Growing up, our mother would always tell us how lucky and fortunate we were for having food on the table, a roof over our head and a great education. My brothers and I would always disappear when one of those ‘starving children of Ethiopia’...
Drink Chapman – A Nigerian ‘Punch’

Drink Chapman – A Nigerian ‘Punch’

By Ozoz Sokoh Chapman – A name that gives no indication that this is a drink.  A name that may have in times past referred to an itinerant peddler. Chapman. A drink. Of Nigeria, for Nigeria and by Nigeria. The definitive Nigerian drink, loved by all. Though its...
#JustAddHappiness

#JustAddHappiness

By Attiya Karodia “What is Strength, When it is nothing but curvy Endurance with lipstick on? What is hardship, When it becomes a norm? What is Femininity, When it is Emotion, Instinct and Intuition in a discarded box labelled ‘weak’? What triumph is...