by Teakisi | Aug 12, 2014 | Culture, Education, Empowerment
Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. Yayyyyy!!! It’s August again, it’s Women’s Month. On the 9th of August, we celebrated women’s day. My social media timelines were filled with colourful posters advertising different Women’s Events and Conferences. From...
by Teakisi | Aug 5, 2014 | Food
By Ozoz Sokoh For a few years now, I’ve been aware of the connection between Nigeria and Brazil, and how cultures and cuisine were transported, exported to South America during the centuries of the slave trade. Evidenced in particular dishes, some revered – like...
by Teakisi | Aug 5, 2014 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
By Attiya Karodia A young girl comes home one day from school almost in tears with a decision based on nothing more than an aesthetic goal, to be ‘curvy’. The girls told her that she had chicken legs, that she was a toothpick, an ironing board, a frame...
by Teakisi | Jul 14, 2014 | Empowerment
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron ‘The thing I learned is that you don’t invent your mission, you detect it. You uncover it, as it were’ – Viktor Frankl If you know me, you know that I am all about personal and spiritual growth. I recently picked up a book that I read years...
by Teakisi | Jul 8, 2014 | Family, Health
By Wanjiru Kihusa Last November I lost a baby. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time. After 3 days in hospital and countless pain killers and antibiotics, I went back home. One week passed and the reality of the situation hit home. Every time I went to take a shower,...