by Teakisi | Mar 19, 2018 | Culture, Development, Empowerment, Family, Uncategorised
By Amandla Karungi I remember asking my mother when I was about thirteen, to teach me how to knit and she told me, “I’m not going to sit here and teach you how to knit, just watch me.” Later my sisters and I wanted her to teach us how to make...
by Teakisi | Feb 22, 2018 | Culture, Empowerment, Entertainment, Francais, Uncategorised
By Iris Ntore Amandine Gay est une réalisatrice et comédienne française. En 2014, elle a réalisé « Ouvrir la voix », un documentaire qui se veut un porte-voix de femmes noires vivant en Europe. Nous nous sommes entretenues avec elle lors de son passage dans la ville...
by Teakisi | Jan 19, 2018 | Culture, Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
By Afia Kwakyewaa Owusu-Nyantakyi The #Metoo campaign was necessary. It doesn’t matter how it started. (Ok, maybe it does). But more importantly, sexual harassment is a globally normalized silent vice that needed to come to light. And rightfully so, as we have...
by Teakisi | Oct 27, 2017 | Culture
By Amandla Karungi As a young woman getting married in 2017, I have noticed differing reactions of people from different age groups when I tell them of “my impending nuptials” (It sounds more regal to call it that). When it comes to the generation of my...
by Teakisi | Oct 20, 2017 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
By Reem Gaafar A few weeks ago, a German television show host conducted a few interviews on the Sudanese street asking what the youth thought of FGM. One particular young lady, well dressed and sitting in the driving seat of a car, told him that yes, she was...
by Teakisi | Oct 16, 2017 | Culture, Empowerment, Short Story
“Amina! Dan Allah! Turo! Turo! (Please Push! Push!)”, Amina had never felt such pain in her fifteen years of existence. It was excruciating! Like all the muscles in her torso where twisting harder and tighter each time she took a breath. The pushing gave her slight...
