Blogs & Updates
How Do You Treat an Entire Nation’s Depression?
By Reem Gaafar Sudan is an unhappy place these days. After 6 months of peaceful resistance and a few hours before the joyful occasion of Eid, thousands of uniformed forces massacred hundreds of peaceful protesters - their own relatives, in-laws and neighbours - in the...
Make Love To Me
By Felly Oyuga I am forty. They said this would be my sexual peak. I kind of thought they meant that I would have a lot of great sex. I was looking forward to that. I think they meant I would just look forward to great sex and not necessarily have it. I spent my...
A Letter To The Girl Whose Nudes Were Leaked
By Amandla Karungi Many of us leaned back in our chairs, fully clothed and shielded by screens as we watched your virtual take-down. Somebody had found it reasonable to allow your naked body to be scrutinised by the world. The rise of the cyber bully has made what...
Twenty Four
By Eunice Aber 24 is obviously the age before 25. But it also is in a scary way, the age when it begins to dawn on you that you’re approaching quarter a century and have nothing you can put to your name. Given that the world follows the rules of normal distribution,...
The Modern Woman in the African Lens; Perfect Fit or Illusion?
Ever wondered what the world would possibly look like without women in it? Well, I usually do, and honestly I never enjoy what my imagination brings to life. But well, that’s like most of us, right? 10 years ago from now, women emancipation in Africa was only but a...
African Woman
By Esther Chawai Who is an African Woman? Pure in heart like the clear waters, She is known by her skin tone and curly hair texture, She is proud to be called black. Her well defined body she carries graciously, She is a well of knowledge and she loves when she loves....
All Hail The Breast Pump!
By Amandla Karungi Before I went back to work, 3 months after giving birth, one of my main worries was how I would manage to keep up a supply of breast milk for my baby. Among other causes of my deep anxiety was how I would adapt from feeding my baby every 2 to 3...
Teakisi Woman: Ngozi Ossai
It’s believed women spend countless numbers of hours researching their shampoo, conditioner, weaves, extensions, and hair care products. In 2015, the global hair care market was valued at US$81.3 billion, while Mintel valued the US market to be more than $2.5 billion....
1,2,3…Be Well
By Sarah Jaravaza Take a deep breath in and then as you breathe out count to 3. What comes to mind? It is May 2019, the 5th month of the year, and like it feels for some of us, the year is racing by. We all know that at the beginning of the year, everyone goes crazy...