by Teakisi | Mar 21, 2018 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Afia Kwakyewaa Owusu-Nyantakyi I love rings. I always have. They are my favorite pieces of jewelry. When I was growing up, I would wear my mother’s rings to school just because they were so pretty. I loved to wear them on my fourth finger on my right hand, partly...
by Teakisi | Mar 19, 2018 | Culture, Development, Empowerment, Family, Uncategorised
By Amandla Karungi I remember asking my mother when I was about thirteen, to teach me how to knit and she told me, “I’m not going to sit here and teach you how to knit, just watch me.” Later my sisters and I wanted her to teach us how to make...
by Teakisi | Feb 22, 2018 | Culture, Empowerment, Entertainment, Francais, Uncategorised
By Iris Ntore Amandine Gay est une réalisatrice et comédienne française. En 2014, elle a réalisé « Ouvrir la voix », un documentaire qui se veut un porte-voix de femmes noires vivant en Europe. Nous nous sommes entretenues avec elle lors de son passage dans la ville...
by Teakisi | Jan 26, 2018 | Empowerment, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga I had the misfortune of reading a Facebook post by a not so bright man, who said that infidelity would stop if women stopped being their own enemies and said no to men. Many women liked and shared the post. It seems that we live in a world where it is...
by Teakisi | Jan 24, 2018 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Josephine Amoako Societal expectations within the African culture are both the best and worst thing that happened to the African woman of today. They both spur her on and hold her back. She is told the sky is only the beginning, that she can go as far as she...
by Teakisi | Jan 17, 2018 | Current Affairs, Empowerment
By Reem Gaafar Once again, people are taking to the streets of Khartoum to protest the ridiculous price hike that the Sudanese federal government rolled out as part of the 2018 national budget. Earlier this month, the regime announced that it will no longer subsidize...
