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Pretty For A Dark Skinned Girl
ByMahbuba Matovu While wandering around the aisles in the Macy’s beauty department, a sales associate walks up to me and insists I try on a newly launched line of makeup. Now you know I’m not one to turn down such an offer, so I found me a seat. Can I just say that my...
What’s Identity Got To Do With It?
By Divine Muragijimana About a month ago, I was browsing the net and found an article by a Nigerian (or for the sake of correct identification, a Nigerian-American) on why Africans in America should start identifying with “African-Americans”. Generally, I read these...
Facebook Users Beware!
By Reem Gaafar On Friday, the 25th of March, 2016, a picture of 6 Sudanese women went viral, after the picture was posted on the exiled religious leader Uosif Ali Taha Alkouda’s Facebook page, which he in turn had shared from a shady, previously largely ignored page...
Destiny Magazine : A Different Perspective
Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that on a day that my sister and I were talking about the “danger of a single story” I had the AHA moment that I am going to share in the following paragraphs. My sister recently wrote a...
I Write For Her
By Kye Makyeli I write for the woman with lips stained from peppery whisky and a heart inked by lovers past. The woman who feels every emotion in some deep crimson. Or blinding burgundy. Or neon pink. I write for the woman who ran out of fucks to give because she...
Be My Family: The Case For Adoption In Sudan
By Reem Gaafar The importance of family cannot be overrated in any way, any context, any country or under any pretense. It’s one of those things that are taken for granted by many. A while ago, a picture on Humans of New York featured a man who spoke about his and his...
Et si on Réussissait à Échouer ?
By Aline Tou Quand on parle d’une femme qui a réussi, on entend souvent : « Elle est cadre supérieur dans une organisation internationale, elle est mariée au fils de… elle a 2 beaux enfants très intelligents, elle ressemble à un mannequin, elle a fait de grandes...
African Women to Celebrate – IWD 2016
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8th. Throughout the world, women are celebrated for their achievements. ElleAfrique asked its readers to nominate African women in the diaspora or in Africa who are working tirelessly to improve the...
The ‘Womanly’ Thing To Do
Article written by Ibtihal Ahmed. “If you think you are a real woman, then try walking into this building,” said a defying security guard to my friend who, with a brazen assurance, attempted to walk into a public building which had seemingly strict but evasive rules...