The Voices Of African Women

19th September 2019

See Africa Differently

19th May 2013 5

The exploitation of Africa as a continent and as a people is fast fading away. Over the last few years the media hype around Africa has suddenly been remarkable, no longer is Africa just a [...]

Death, Partition And The Scramble For Benefits

3rd October 2016 1

By Diana Awino Peter was a uniformed army officer with ranks. Peter died leaving behind a widow, two daughters and two sons in addition to his mother, father, two step-mothers and a score of siblings. [...]

Will All the Manists Please Stand Up?

13th May 2016 0

By Divine Muragijimana After spending 15 years in the US- it took my coming back to Nairobi to encounter a manist. Yes- that’s right. Feminism has a partner now. And for a movement that seems [...]

‘Feminist’ African Women Writers

30th October 2013 1

The “F” word is really a no-no on some circles these days. Indeed, if you admit to being a feminist in public, chances are you will be laughed at or worse you will receive the harass [...]

Are You Protecting Your Heart?

18th June 2013 3

Life experience teaches us a variety of lessons. Often we learn how to find our way by trial and error; both ours and of those around us. We learn how to maximize our strength while [...]

Êtes-vous Prêts à Donner vos 5 Francs Pour Notre Milliard?

by Teakisi in Culture 2

By Aline Tou La question peut sembler étrange, mais laissez moi vous mettre dans le contexte, un contexte qui vous est certainement familier. Il y a quelques temps, mon mari et moi partagions un repas [...]

Uganda’s Finest: Top 40 Hot, Sexy and Brainy Women

Feature

13th May 2013 44

Armed with only a pen, paper and their smartphones, our two ‘sleuths’ went searching for the women from Uganda whom they thought had all the three qualities we were looking for – Hot, Sexy and […]

30 Sudanese Women You Should Know

Culture

15th June 2016 44

For centuries Sudanese women have been pushing the boundaries of the patriarchal society, excelling in fields almost always dominated by men despite the difficulties they face. We searched for the women making an impact today both nationally and […]

Zimbabwe’s Finest: Top 40 Hot, Brainy and Influential Women

Feature

11th June 2013 42

Zimbabwe is a beautiful country in Southern Africa, which in the past decade has been through a lot of devastating changes, leaving its people broken and uncertain of what tomorrow would bring. But today it […]

Excuse My African

Culture

20th April 2017 20

By Stella Demasus I never had any issues with my being African, until I started living in the United States of America. That was when I realized that my kind of “African” is different. I’m […]

Open Letter to Miss Rwanda Organizers

Culture

3rd March 2015 19

By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron Dear Organizers, As any other social media addict, I was privy to the infamous video that came out of last year’s Miss Rwanda pageant. I am going to spare you the details […]

Short Story

The Night They Were Betrayed

By Laura Walusimbi It was a day like any other. The year was 1986. Sixteen-year-old Pat was listening to music on the family’s little cassette radio. Her favorite song was playing – USA for Africa’s [...]

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