by Nadjath Akanni | Apr 7, 2021 | Current Affairs, Education, Family, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
One’s perspective of life changes the day you witness firsthand a close relative or friend go through series of indescribable, agonizing levels of pain, watching them cry for help and there’s nothing you can do, administered pain killers becoming ineffective to...
by Faith Mangwanya | Mar 3, 2021 | Development, Education, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
When I was about sixteen years of old, I was asked if I would embark on a plane with each and every part of it made and designed by African women – including the pilot and co-pilot. I burst out laughing, “No!”, I exclaimed. “Why would I do such a...
by Teakisi | Jul 31, 2020 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
By Cynthia Kinyera Sometimes I think, we Africans have a talent of focusing on all the wrong things. We’ve built a society that loves sweeping uncomfortable things under the rug, and actively convincing ourselves that they do not exist. Rape, for example. Did you know...
by Salha Kaitesi | Feb 10, 2020 | Current Affairs, Development, Éducation, Education, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
A lot of the stories told about the African woman do not portray her true self. This is usually because the story is single and comes from people who do not know her, nor care to learn about her. By an African woman I mean, a woman who was born in Africa or whose...
by Gloria Busingye | Nov 18, 2019 | Current Affairs, Development, Education, Empowerment, Family, Thoughts & Reflections
This one is for the special humans! There are many of them out there. We all know at least one or two. We all live close to one.. We know her name. We have her number. We know her daily hustle. We rarely notice her super power though. Because most times, we see...
by Teakisi | Sep 18, 2019 | Culture, Education, Empowerment, Fashion & Style, Hair & Beauty, Lifestyle
By Cynthia Kinyera Pink. What first comes to mind when you think about that colour? Femininity, delicateness, romance? Growing up, I didn’t like pink. I never had anything against the sight of the colour itself, but only what it represented. It was mostly...
