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I Learned To Fall Asleep In The Dark
By Amandla Karungi I do not remember when I started being so afraid. I am told that I was a brave child, up until four years old. My first memory of real fear begins from falling asleep at my great-grandfather's burial, of waking up and there was no one there, only to...
Reminiscent
By Eunice Aber I spent last Christmas with my grandparents. I always spend Christmas with my grandparents. I don’t remember the last time I didn’t. Oh! The last time I refused to go to the village for Christmas was about ten years ago. In the “prime of my...
The African Man is Confused
I wrote about the tales of an African woman a while back and while many women agreed with me, some men accused me of just being another bitter feminist. Such is life! While I do not agree that bitterness was the tone of that post, but simply me addressing the flawed...
Lessons From My Early Twenties
By Lulu Akaki As a child, the twenties seemed to be the ideal age range, a bridge between being an adult and somehow still getting away with a few immature stunts. I always thought that by the time I turned 25, I would have life all figured out... confident that a...
Book Review: Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
By Reem Gaafar Americanah I have recently discovered Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s writing: first, through her novel: 'Half of a Yellow Sun', and then her feminist manifesto in a Facebook post last year, which I found to be genuinely interesting and well thought out....
Society, Not Anymore!
By Racheal Kiiza Society you have had your way for too long. You wonder how? Let me attempt to break it down and please, no need for you to justify yourself. For once listen. Genuinely listen. Listen not to respond, but to hear and understand a different perspective....
Religion And The African Woman
By Felly Oyuga In my opinion, there is no greater hindrance to the growth and development of the African woman like religion. Before you get excited or call me a heathen, let me make it clear that I have nothing against God. It is the custodians of 'God's perfect...
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
By Reem Gaafar Ask any Sudanese or any African person about leading Sudanese women figures of the 20th century, and among the first mentioned names will most certainly be Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim. Born in 1933 in Khartoum to an educated family, Fatima is known for...
15 Things I Would Tell My 15 Year Old Self
By Felly Oyuga Ever wish you could travel back in time and give yourself some advice? I do. As I am getting older and, dare I say, wiser, I wish I could do so. Although traveling back in time is not possible, I can, however, share with others the 15 things I would...