by Teakisi | Dec 24, 2014 | Culture, Development, Empowerment, Health
In my previous article, I talked about how the African Diaspora is failing in responding to Ebola. While we are hopeful about Liberia, we are seeing a rise of cases in Sierra Leone- a country that we thought was out of the red. Frustratingly so, the zeal we saw in...
by Teakisi | Sep 19, 2014 | Current Affairs, Development
By Maria Dombaxi Young African students, graduates and undergraduates living abroad are told to go back home. They’re told that Africa is the future, and they’re told that they can help change their countries. Young European graduates are told to try their luck in...
by Teakisi | Jun 24, 2014 | Development, Education, Empowerment
If you are anything like me, chances are you are a very lucky woman! You have lived a happy middle class type of life in Africa. You graduated from a private high school and went to university in Europe, Canada or The United States. And it’s while being outside of...
by Teakisi | Jun 2, 2014 | Development, Empowerment
In 50 years, I fervently wish that my children – born in Senegal, will know more about Zimbabwe or Tanzania than about the United States or Europe. I hope they will choose to speak Kiswahili or Peul rather than Spanish or Italian as a third language. I would...
by Teakisi | May 20, 2014 | Development, Empowerment, Health, Lifestyle
Human beings as social creatures have the innate need to form relationships. Having good relationships with people has been shown to promote all round good health, be it physically, mentally or emotionally. But a healthy relationship is not always easy to come by. In...
by Teakisi | May 9, 2014 | Culture, Development, Education, Empowerment, Family
Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. “My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes. No matter what I wear I will always be, the India Arie” India Arie, musical artist One day, I jokingly stated to my friend that my lobola value must have gone...
