by Teakisi | Apr 10, 2017 | Culture, Thoughts & Reflections
By Noella Muhamiriza It’s Thursday morning in Northern California, “NorthCal” as we like to call it here; just the thought of having a day off from school and work has me dancing around my small apartment. I’m getting ready to go out and I put on my new...
by Natacha Umutoni | Apr 4, 2017 | Culture, Development, Empowerment, Family
My friend has a pet peeve called mediocrity, and he has managed to convince me to join in his club. Well, partially. The dictionary defines mediocre as, “moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance.” However, my friend simply defines...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Mar 22, 2017 | Culture, Family
Jude was nervous. He was going to see Sara’s parents for the first time. He wished this was something he could avoid, but he knew it was a necessity. Of course he understood the concept and importance of meeting the parents, no matter how much he would rather do...
by Teakisi | Mar 13, 2017 | Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Ifedayo Ward My weekends are longer now, for reasons I can’t help. Remember when we all had pregnancy goals? Two or three besties doing a combined pregnancy shoot with those little cute booties? Well, I can’t keep up because y’all are married and...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Jan 11, 2017 | Culture, Thoughts & Reflections
I had an experience some years back that made me have an epiphany. I read a story online about a pedophile who was abusing little children in his area. And while I was indeed disgusted at such a thing, I was more concerned about the name of the person. Now you would...
by Teakisi | Jan 9, 2017 | Culture, Current Affairs
By Reem Gaafar With recent developments in technology and knowledge sharing, many once-unavailable skills and professions have now become open and accessible to everyone; one of which is filmmaking. All over the world normal people with growingly cheaper and more...