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 19, 2016 | Current Affairs, Empowerment, Feature, Thoughts & Reflections
Ketty Nivyabandi is a Burundian citizen, poet, writer and most recently has been described as an activist when, in protest to President Nkurunziza’s third term, she decided to organize peaceful women’s demonstrations. ElleAfrique had the pleasure of...
by Teakisi | Apr 16, 2016 | Education, Empowerment
By Maria Dombaxi Young African minds, are you watching history being made? Do you have any idea of what is happening with your continent? Who decides the laws you must abide by? Are you watching or helping with the making of undeniable potential. Who is...
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 22, 2016 | Empowerment, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Kye Makyeli I write for the woman with lips stained from peppery whisky and a heart inked by lovers past. The woman who feels every emotion in some deep crimson. Or blinding burgundy. Or neon pink. I write for the woman who ran out of fucks to give because she...
