by Teakisi | Nov 9, 2020 | Culture, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Cynthia Kinyera Every Mother’s day, every Day of the Girl Child, I hear cheers and jubilation for the strong black women of Africa and the diaspora. The strong black woman has become a cultural icon across the globe, used to praise and appreciate the work of black...
by Faith Mangwanya | Nov 2, 2020 | Business, Development, Empowerment, Entreprise, Thoughts & Reflections
I remember when I first started my postgraduate studies in nanomaterials, many people asked me how that would be applicable in Africa let alone Zimbabwe. My academic interests were too niche and futuristic that they seemed to be not applicable anywhere on the African...
by Salha Kaitesi | Oct 21, 2020 | Current Affairs, Empowerment, Feature
Black History month has been celebrated right here in the UK for more than 30 years. This celebration takes place from the start to the end of October. Throughout history, black people have made huge contributions to society in many fields and areas, so up and down...
by Yunah Bvumbwe | Aug 26, 2020 | Current Affairs, Empowerment
As the women’s month of August is slowly coming to an end, I’m still asking myself – what does it even mean or what is there to celebrate in this month, especially for some of us in these Southern parts of Africa where the killing of women is the...
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 Faith Mangwanya | Jul 22, 2020 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
As the first week of quarantine set, I felt a deep sense of despair set in as my plans for the year began to fall like a house of cards. As weeks turned into months, I felt like a million butchers’ knives had sliced through every inch of my heart and served it up for...
