by Teakisi | Apr 12, 2016 | Hair & Beauty, Thoughts & Reflections
By Amandla Karungi I did feel beautiful at one point in my life…when I was younger, about 8 years old. I really did. The one thing I did not have that I wanted were thighs that touched when I sat on the toilet seat. I don’t know why I wanted my little...
by Teakisi | Apr 9, 2016 | Hair & Beauty, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
ByMahbuba Matovu While wandering around the aisles in the Macy’s beauty department, a sales associate walks up to me and insists I try on a newly launched line of makeup. Now you know I’m not one to turn down such an offer, so I found me a seat. Can I just say that my...
by Teakisi | Apr 5, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment
By Divine Muragijimana About a month ago, I was browsing the net and found an article by a Nigerian (or for the sake of correct identification, a Nigerian-American) on why Africans in America should start identifying with “African-Americans”. Generally, I read these...
by Teakisi | Mar 31, 2016 | Current Affairs
By Reem Gaafar On Friday, the 25th of March, 2016, a picture of 6 Sudanese women went viral, after the picture was posted on the exiled religious leader Uosif Ali Taha Alkouda’s Facebook page, which he in turn had shared from a shady, previously largely ignored page...
by Teakisi | Mar 29, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment
Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that on a day that my sister and I were talking about the “danger of a single story” I had the AHA moment that I am going to share in the following paragraphs. My sister recently wrote a...