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Your Black Is Beautiful
By Joan Semanda. "Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness" – Marcus Garvey This post is inspired by my thoughts to my future daughter. Your black is heart wrenchingly beautiful. You were made this way, and born...
Êtes-vous Prêts à Donner vos 5 Francs Pour Notre Milliard?
By Aline Tou La question peut sembler étrange, mais laissez moi vous mettre dans le contexte, un contexte qui vous est certainement familier. Il y a quelques temps, mon mari et moi partagions un repas avec des amis, et comme d’habitude quand on se retrouve entre...
“You Look Good!”
By Elma Asio Imagine it’s one of those good days; you wake up on the right side of the bed, have a lovely breakfast, wear a colour that makes you happy and the soundtrack of the day is something funky and upbeat, and you even have a skip in your step. Luckily for you,...
Powerful African Goddess: Joan Mazimhaka
Women worldwide have enjoyed all kinds of advancement in the field of business, becoming more and more visible at leadership levels in various sectors; however, they continue to be shut out of most managerial positions. In Rwanda, the glass ceiling that prevents women...
#Elle101: Technology For Social Change
Thanks to great advances in technology, today's world has been made more convenient and accessible: companies are able to reach more customers, provide better and more efficient products, more people have access to information at their fingertips and stay connected...
The Transfer Of Negative Emotions
By Amandla Karungi I finally understand it, the thing about misplaced anger. Sometimes you want to give someone a verbal thrashing but because you still have to work with them for possibly a long time, or maybe in the spirit of humility, you decide to inhale this...
Sonia Mugabo – Bespoke In Rwanda
By Joan Semanda. Sonia Mugabo started her journey as a designer in 2013 after living in New York and doing an internship for Teen Vogue. She made it back to Kigali just in time for the first ever Kigali Fashion Week and, in so doing, launched her brand. Her...
Will All the Manists Please Stand Up?
By Divine Muragijimana After spending 15 years in the US- it took my coming back to Nairobi to encounter a manist. Yes- that's right. Feminism has a partner now. And for a movement that seems to be growing teeth, I am just encountering this…out of all the places in...
Where Is The Good Music!?
By Mahbuba Matovu The moment I watched Joe’s cover of Adele’s dominating hit, Hello, an unexplainable chill rushed through my veins as I was reminded of an RnB icon left in the 90’s. The smoothness of his vocal cords across the lyrics of a song he didn’t even write,...