by Teakisi | May 13, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment
By Divine Muragijimana After spending 15 years in the US- it took my coming back to Nairobi to encounter a manist. Yes- that’s right. Feminism has a partner now. And for a movement that seems to be growing teeth, I am just encountering this…out of all the places...
by Teakisi | Apr 26, 2016 | Culture, Love & Sex
By Zerida Mponye “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing. And the worst thing you can do is nothing.” –Theodore Roosevelt If your friend was seeing someone they were really serious about and this...
by Teakisi | Apr 5, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment
By Divine Muragijimana About a month ago, I was browsing the net and found an article by a Nigerian (or for the sake of correct identification, a Nigerian-American) on why Africans in America should start identifying with “African-Americans”. Generally, I read these...
by Teakisi | Mar 29, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment
Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that on a day that my sister and I were talking about the “danger of a single story” I had the AHA moment that I am going to share in the following paragraphs. My sister recently wrote a...
by Teakisi | Mar 1, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Empowerment
Article written by Ibtihal Ahmed. “If you think you are a real woman, then try walking into this building,” said a defying security guard to my friend who, with a brazen assurance, attempted to walk into a public building which had seemingly strict but evasive rules...
by Teakisi | Feb 19, 2016 | Culture, Current Affairs, Development, Education, Empowerment
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...
