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Life Lessons I Learned in 2019
2019 has come to an end and just like everybody else, I experienced it all. I laughed, I cried. I had the ups and downs. I had cause for celebration and otherwise. I had victories and I also failed. I made great decisions and I made mistakes. I am grateful for the...
Check Your Privilege
By Sarah Jaravaza What is privilege? You might have heard about white privilege. Why are people talking about white privilege? If you follow anything to do with contemporary American politics, you will have heard that African American people in America are taking a...
Unbreak My Heart
Well. Well! It’s December! And I know I am supposed to be writing about Christmas and all the festivities in this month. I know! I know! But you have probably heard of the #16DaysOfActivism going on. Or probably not. The annual 16 days of activism started last week as...
Beatrace Angut Oola, Propose Une Autre Image de L’Afrique en Allemagne.
Par Christelle Kamanan Beatrace Angut Oola fait partie des pionnières de la diversification de la mode en Allemagne. Elle est aussi la fondatrice de la plateforme de mode et de style dédiée à l'Afrique: Fashion Africa Now. J'ai rencontré Beatrace dans le cadre de...
A Son to Calm My Nerves
By Amandla Karungi I stood in the kitchen, preparing supper, stirring something on the cooker, a dropped spoon in the sink and back to the cooker and as my mind came back to the same thought over and over again, I said to myself, "When you give birth to a son, you...
All Hail the Single Mother!
This one is for the special humans! There are many of them out there. We all know at least one or two. We all live close to one.. We know her name. We have her number. We know her daily hustle. We rarely notice her super power though. Because most times, we see...
The Unloved Daughters
We, the unloved daughters were all taught that mother is always right, hence why it takes a while for psychological and physical abuse by mothers to become understood by children. Sometimes it can be so subtle it goes unnoticed by the child until too much damage has...
Boss Lady
By Esther Chawai I do not know what other ladies may think, but personally, I think that you deserve some accolades as a lady, the moment you reach that point where you’re regarded as a ‘boss Lady’. It’s a title every woman out there should work hard to earn. Who...
Of Pain
By Eunice Aber When you read literatureWhen you peruse through social mediaWhen you watch televisionYou find out that the world is a global village of pain and struggle. Of people inflicting painOn themselves and othersSometimes unknowingly. Of people looking away...