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How To Mend Jars Of Clay
By Noluvuyo Bacela Something broke when I was younger and it shattered everything that was holding my core together... Gradually everything that I thought I knew for sure spiraled out from my grasp leaving me clasping at leaping straws for about 20 odd years --...
Celebrating Black Queens
By Vivienne Amijee Do good and the universe will return you the favour in due time. For a long time, black women, especially those in Africa, have been known to only bear children and tend to their homes; this has gradually changed over the decades. We have been able...
Powerful African Goddess: Pam Samasuwo-Nyawiri
Meet Pam Samasuwo- Nyawiri - an Award Winning Designer, Fashion Journalist and African Fashion Advocate from Zimbabwe. Having always been inspired by fashion, she decided to go back to university and study Fashion Accessory Design. She has combined her first degree...
Why I Broke Up With Valentine’s Day!
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron Have you ever had a fight with your significant other on Valentine’s Day because of Valentine’s Day? Well, it’s happened to me, and it was not pretty. Here is the story: Love day is a mere, highly-anticipated and marketing-fueled, few weeks...
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By Wanjiru Kihusa Have you ever heard something that bothered you for days? The first time you heard it, it sounded like a good thing but then it sat in your head and refused to leave. And the more you thought about it the more you realized it was not a good thing....
What I Have Learned About Sisterhood
Article by Fatoumanta B. Diallo When I looked up the word “Sisterhood”, I came across the following definition “an association, society, or community of women linked by a common interest, religion, or trade.” I found the definition interesting because, prior to...
My Hair Journey Is Better Than Yours!
Article by Christelle Mekoh Are you ready for 2016? Crazy how another year just went by. Hoping you’ve enjoyed your Holiday season and you took some time to reflect on the last 365 days and think about what the future holds. For some, starting a new year is synonymous...
What January Crunch?
By Joan Semanda. I’m no financial expert but at the start of January 2016 I promised myself that I would not go through another 'January crunch'. I’d spent the 2015 festive season spending money like there was no tomorrow and, like the years before, January came...
ToyiToyi Toys: Finding Beauty In Darker Dolls
Jennifer Blaine, the young founder and entrepreneur behind the startup company ToyiToyi Toys, which designs and manufactures a range of darker skinned dolls in South Africa, spoke with ElleAfrique about how the shortage of black representation in the worldwide toy...