Blogs & Updates
Chitenge: Our Identity
African fashion is exploding right now. The use of African patterns, the African landscape being etched on pottery, woven baskets adorning the centre pieces of a lot of western homes, wooden salad bowls, wire mesh men on bicycles, the list goes on. The celebration of...
Young, African And Studying in The Diaspora
By Maria Dombaxi From Benin to Ethiopia, Angola to Tanzania, many African women are leaving the comfort of their homes to get a higher education abroad. They go through the ups and downs of living in the diaspora, making new friends, missing their families to get the...
Closet Space
Last Friday, one of my girls, Stella, called me asking for directions to my favourite lingerie store in Kampala. After directing her, I asked her what the occasion was and she told me she was only sleeping over at Raymond's, her boyfriend. I wondered why she didn't...
Obstetric Fistula: Plight of African Women
By Vivienne Amijee Obstetric Fistula is a medical condition which occurs when a hole develops between the rectum and vagina or bladder and vagina. Signs and symptoms Flatulence, urinary or fecal incontinence. Foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Repeated vaginal or...
See Africa Differently
The exploitation of Africa as a continent and as a people is fast fading away. Over the last few years the media hype around Africa has suddenly been remarkable, no longer is Africa just a picture of poverty, but is now fast becoming a fashion brand. Africa fashion...
Sing Me
Sing me a Song my lover, Sing me praises Words of beauty, Words that woo the wind to dance Sway with leaves on branches, Words that melt my soul That pierce sharply within, Make me ache within Touch my heart mi amor, Wrap your strong hands around it Warm it with your...
Kemiyondo Coutinho: A One Woman Show
Driven by a passion for the Arts, twenty-three year old Ugandan actress, playwright and now artistic director of NuVo Arts Festival, Kemiyondo "Kemi" Coutinho has a focus on theatre for social change. Growing up in Swaziland, Kemi attended Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA for...
Uganda’s Finest: Top 40 Hot, Sexy and Brainy Women
Armed with only a pen, paper and their smartphones, our two 'sleuths' went searching for the women from Uganda whom they thought had all the three qualities we were looking for - Hot, Sexy and Brainy. "It was a difficult task, they said. An assignment that was first...
Powerful African Goddess: Tola Onigbanjo
Women's suppression is one of the major problems in our society today. Many African women are still fighting a slowly detereorating patriarchal society, and as such more and more projects and initiatives are being born to help these women find their voice and their...