The Voices Of African Women

19th January 2020

Fighting Against Female Genital Mutilation

3rd May 2013 7

On November 25th last year, I first came across the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and on Feb 6th I became aware of another event, the International Day of Zero Tolerance against [...]

Women and Inheritance of Ancestral Land

12th April 2013 4

Inheritance: That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession passes by descent. Heir: A person who obtains right or [...]

Can Women Have It All?

4th April 2017 5

My friend has a pet peeve called mediocrity, and he has managed to convince me to join in his club. Well, partially. The dictionary defines mediocre as, “moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance.” [...]

Mapping Our Own World

9th May 2017 2

Uganda’s fashion industry has come a long way from the days when just shoving kitenge material onto anything would do as fashion. We are now experimenting with new material and designs, including a modern take on [...]

Golden Tips For A Healthy Work-Life Balance

2nd November 2015 0

By Eleanor Mirembe The importance of working hard and getting stuff done was drilled into me from a very early age. We all know that heady feeling you get when you are told how great [...]

Entretien Avec Amandine Gay – Réalisatrice d’« Ouvrir la voix »

by Iris Ntore in Culture 0

Amandine Gay est une réalisatrice et comédienne française. En 2014, elle a réalisé « Ouvrir la voix », un documentaire qui se veut un porte-voix de femmes noires vivant en Europe. Nous nous sommes entretenues avec elle [...]

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 […]

Family

You Are The Best of Us

By Valerie Waweru About a month ago, I went to visit my grandmother (I really should do it more), the skies decided to open up while we were there, and with it floodgates of memories [...]

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