Culture
A Career Obsessed African Woman.
By Maria Dombaxi I recently got back home for the summer vacation, and had to go around greeting all my aunties, who may not be blood relations but I love them dearly. The usual conversation […]
Month: June 2013
Love & Sex
The Last Frog I Kissed
I have loved, I have been loved and I will love again. This gives me the permission to call myself an expert in matters of the heart. To be honest we all are, so long […]
Lifestyle
Is Your Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
Often times, we go on about what we lack. I mean, you hear people go on about not having the most trivial stuff and you wonder, is that person complaining of a half-empty glass or […]
Development
‘Walking For Water’: The Lydia Natoolo Story
Clean, safe drinking water is essential to life. Without water we wouldn’t be alive. It’s unfortunate that today, some people around the world have no source of water. In Africa, these cases are everywhere. There […]
Current Affairs
Rwanda: Loving a Child of Rape
I recently read an article titled “Loving a Child of Rape” in the June issue of the South African edition of the Marie Claire magazine. The article is based on the work of photo-journalist Jonathan […]
Lifestyle
Why Don’t You Earn Your Own?
Once upon a time, women were not allowed to get very educated, or get jobs that would allow them to be breadwinners. They were not allowed to own property or to inherit after the deaths […]
Empowerment
Are You Protecting Your Heart?
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 […]
Love & Sex
Every Girl’s Dream?
Every girl has that dream when they are kids, to find that Mr. Right. The prince charming and star out of the crowd to make her happy, sweep her off her feet with hopes of […]
Development
Weaving the Fabric of Change
As I planned my cancelled birthday trip to Ghana a few months back, I thought to myself why not do something worthwhile while I am away, instead of spend days sunbathing and stuffing my face […]
Feature
Powerful African Goddess: Gloria Wavamunno
EA: Please tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Gloria Wavamunno, I am the Artistic Director of GloRia WavaMunno, a women’s wear fashion label. I am from Kampala, Uganda and I am […]