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Date Night…With Myself
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron About two years ago, I was all of a sudden single after a 10-plus-year relationship and had to learn to be with and by myself. Weekends used to be the most difficult for me, especially when my son was away at his father’s for the weekend. ...
Pepper versus Spice: Defining Nigerian Cuisine
By Ozoz Sokoh I am determined that this introduction be done right. That from the get-go, we speak the same language – of Nigerian and African cuisine. With understanding. That in telling our stories, we build a new vocabulary and understand the old. That we discover...
Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?
By Reem Gaafar Sudan is a melting pot of different nations, cultures and religions. There is no one ‘type’ of Sudanese, and no one can claim that the land belongs to them. Over the generations, there have been Nilotic Africans, Arabs, Turks, Moroccans, Egyptians,...
The Necklace
Article written by Ibtihal Ahmed. I missed my flight because of my golden necklace. I suddenly rose like a school girl who missed the bus to school. My neck felt light; I was accustomed to the heavy necklace which I took off because it was heavy on the façade of my...
Themes Give Meaning
By Vivienne Amijee Every dawn marks a new beginning, a new start and definitely new goals have to be achieved. 2014 is here with us, having a theme for the year that will summarize all you intend to achieve is very vital. Let this theme be on your vision board, on...
A Letter To My Addiction
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron I discovered you at the young age of sixteen. Having watched you in my mother's life, she seemed cool and always smiling with you, like she had no care in the world. I would wait for her to go to work, steal one of you and act just like...
2014: New Year Resolutions
Left and right people are making new year resolutions. Planning to kick the bad habits while keeping the good ones and also making new plans for the future ... well at least till the end of the year. Then it will be another year and the cycle starts all over again....
Mandela’s Funeral: A New Day For The Queen of Afrika
Many were surprised to find themselves there. She had rehearsed this moment since the day she was born at least that is exactly what it looked like the moment she stood there. There on that world stage. It is as though everyone came to this important funeral feeling...
Cinderella (and her Gang) Must Die!
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron After recently attending a toddler Princess birthday party, I reflected on the impact Disney has and still has on little girls and how it can still be felt as we transition into womanhood. I remember myself going to Disney with my then 5...