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Spreading Love And Flowers To My Sisters
It is 2:00 am and I am wide awake. I put on my unkempt hair in a messy bun, switch on the lamp, take my writing book, and start scribbling. I can hear the grandfather’s clock ticking and I know that I am the only awake nocturnal being in a household full of sleepy...
Living Certain In a World of Uncertainty
By Josephine Amoako Life is an uncertain journey, no doubt! But to make your stay on earth worthwhile, You need to make some decisions and be certain about them. Some will work and some will surely fail Either way you would learn something and become a better you....
Enough Of This
By Minnie Kangethe I keep looking around me hoping to find a leader or a politician who has the interest of the common citizen at heart and deliver on their promise. Unfortunately, I have been disappointed a lot. In the same breath, I realize that it is not all in...
Go Big or Go Home!
By Amandla Karungi As a young woman getting married in 2017, I have noticed differing reactions of people from different age groups when I tell them of "my impending nuptials" (It sounds more regal to call it that). When it comes to the generation of my parents who...
La Réussite Version 3.0
By Edwige Suzon Il y a quelques jours, je suis tombée sur un article intéressant qui présentait des personnes ayant quitté des emplois dans lesquels elles excellaient visiblement, si on se fie aux salaires mirobolants qu’elles touchaient. Des ingénieurs, des as du...
Lessons from Experience
By Josephine Amoako Experience is undoubtedly a great teacher, but I also think it seems so because we as humans are sometimes too stubborn for our good. No matter the danger signs we see and are warned against, our curiosity gets the better part of us and then we...
FGM, Women Driving, And The Stockholm Syndrome Of Oppressive Societies
By Reem Gaafar A few weeks ago, a German television show host conducted a few interviews on the Sudanese street asking what the youth thought of FGM. One particular young lady, well dressed and sitting in the driving seat of a car, told him that yes, she was...
Permission To Enjoy Sex!
By Felly Oyuga At twenty-two, I told my mother I was pregnant. I was young, unwed and my mother was a staunch Christian. I was expecting her to throw her mug of tea at me. So after blurting out , 'I'm pregnant!', I closed my eyes tight and waited for the mug to land...
Amina
“Amina! Dan Allah! Turo! Turo! (Please Push! Push!)”, Amina had never felt such pain in her fifteen years of existence. It was excruciating! Like all the muscles in her torso where twisting harder and tighter each time she took a breath. The pushing gave her slight...