by Teakisi | Feb 9, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Family, Thoughts & Reflections
By Wanjiru Kihusa Have you ever heard something that bothered you for days? The first time you heard it, it sounded like a good thing but then it sat in your head and refused to leave. And the more you thought about it the more you realized it was not a good thing....
by Teakisi | Feb 2, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
Article by Fatoumanta B. Diallo When I looked up the word “Sisterhood”, I came across the following definition “an association, society, or community of women linked by a common interest, religion, or trade.” I found the definition interesting because, prior to...
by Salha Kaitesi | Jan 12, 2016 | Business, Culture, Hair & Beauty
Jennifer Blaine, the young founder and entrepreneur behind the startup company ToyiToyi Toys, which designs and manufactures a range of darker skinned dolls in South Africa, spoke with ElleAfrique about how the shortage of black representation in the worldwide toy...
by Teakisi | Jan 7, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Poem
Article written by Ibtihal Ahmed. Eleanor Roosevelt – one of America’s greatest First Ladies – once said, “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” One cannot help but wonder how well this powerful quote...
by Teakisi | Dec 24, 2015 | Culture, Hair & Beauty
Article by Fatoumanta B. Diallo I recently watched some excerpts from “Light Girls”, a documentary on the Oprah Winfrey Network about the colorism that exists among African-Americans in the United States. This time, though, it was presented from the perspective of...
by Teakisi | Dec 17, 2015 | Culture, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
By Reem Gaafar I have been a doctor for almost 9 years. For about two thirds of that period I worked as an ER physician in a busy tertiary hospital in the Gulf (Oman, specifically) and for a few months in Sudan, while the other third was spent in the Sudanese civil...
