by Teakisi | Apr 5, 2018 | Culture, Empowerment, Entertainment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Sola Ogunbiyi The Igbo people from Eastern Nigeria have four market days namely: Eke Afo Nkwo Orie In Igbo, ‘Oko’ means a man, ‘Orie or Oye’, means a market day, so ‘Okoye’ means a man/boy born on Orie market day. Technically, Okoye is a man’s name, but a different...
by Teakisi | Mar 29, 2018 | Empowerment, Poem
By Dorothy Michieka. The Struggle. As soon as he walked into the room, I knew. He had been with her. I was not angry. He said he would look for her. He’d told me he needed her and all I wanted was to still the thought of her in his head. I wanted him to long...
by Teakisi | Mar 23, 2018 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Reem Gaafar A short while ago, I read Chinua Achebe’s reclaimed novel, Things Fall Apart,. The book is set in Nigeria in the late 19th century and tells the story of a fictional male character living and flourishing in the heathen pre-colonial African times, with...
by Teakisi | Mar 21, 2018 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Afia Kwakyewaa Owusu-Nyantakyi I love rings. I always have. They are my favorite pieces of jewelry. When I was growing up, I would wear my mother’s rings to school just because they were so pretty. I loved to wear them on my fourth finger on my right hand, partly...
by Teakisi | Mar 19, 2018 | Culture, Development, Empowerment, Family, Uncategorised
By Amandla Karungi I remember asking my mother when I was about thirteen, to teach me how to knit and she told me, “I’m not going to sit here and teach you how to knit, just watch me.” Later my sisters and I wanted her to teach us how to make...
