Blogs & Updates
What Can We Make of the Covid19 Days?
It’s a hard time, for all of us and everyone we know. We didn't see this coming. Since the olden days of World War I and II, (which I have only read or watched movies about) - I had never seen anything that affects the entire world at once like the Corona Virus has....
The Five Stages of Grief
By Mable Amuron DENIAL It was the first few minutes of finding out that you had passed. I was on my way to be buy a de-breather mask that was needed for you. The ward you were admitted in didn’t have it in their stock. I was angry at them for not having something as...
Fatness Is Not Private
By Shanine Ahimbisibwe It’s the day after New Year’s Day and you decide to go see a gynaecologist. You do not have a milky discharge, you do not have lower back and abdominal cramps, your period is not late, you do not have pain passing urine. You decide to visit a...
The Lawyer Whose Mouth Never Moves
By Winnie Kyomuhendo I was about 11 years old when I decided that I wanted to and would become a lawyer. My young mind pictured a confident female wearing fashionable suits and formal dresses with high heels, tossing legal jargon all over the place and making a lot of...
N.E.S.T: Empowering Asylum Seekers & Refugees
Three weeks ago, at the invitation of Bridget Stratford, I visited North East Solidarity and Teaching (N.E.S.T) - a Newcastle University Students’ Union project. Bridget, who runs this wanted me to meet and share my experiences of living in the north east of England...
What If I Never Find Mr Right?
There might be other issues in the future that some of us are going to need exorcism for in order to comprehend and acknowledge, but I suppose this one doesn't. Someone once said that "you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally...
Maîtresse d’un Homme Marié, que Nous Réserve la Saison 2 ?
Par Christelle Kamanan Pour les personnes qui n'ont pas encore vu la série : cet article ne contient aucun spoiler. Mars 2020, la vidéo bande-annonce de la saison 2 de la série sénégalaise Maîtresse d'un Homme Marié compte plus de 800 000 vues en moins d'une semaine....
To Be, Or Not To Be?
By Grace Ancillar “Don’t be surprised if I show up on your door with a baby in one hand and a suitcase in another,” I told my mother one windy August morning, because I was that modern African woman. Her jaw hit the floor. I watched her swallow her saliva and avoid...
Kidnapped in The Name of The Law
By Reem Gaafar Note: The names in this article have been changed to protect the identity of the victims and their children, especially in cases of on-going custody trials. After a short-lived and turbulent marriage, Fadwa and her husband divorced and she returned to...