by Teakisi | Jun 12, 2013 | Culture, Empowerment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
Only last week I had lunch with a very good male friend of mine who’s in a relationship. Almost predictably our conversation switched from Africa, tennis and banking to singleness, marriage and African women. A statement he made ‘I feel for women like you……’ was the...
by Teakisi | May 28, 2013 | Fashion & Style, Lifestyle
African fashion is exploding right now. The use of African patterns, the African landscape being etched on pottery, woven baskets adorning the centre pieces of a lot of western homes, wooden salad bowls, wire mesh men on bicycles, the list goes on. The celebration of...
by Teakisi | May 22, 2013 | Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
Last Friday, one of my girls, Stella, called me asking for directions to my favourite lingerie store in Kampala. After directing her, I asked her what the occasion was and she told me she was only sleeping over at Raymond’s, her boyfriend. I wondered why she...
by Teakisi | May 19, 2013 | Culture, Development, Education, Empowerment, Fashion & Style, Lifestyle, Travel
The exploitation of Africa as a continent and as a people is fast fading away. Over the last few years the media hype around Africa has suddenly been remarkable, no longer is Africa just a picture of poverty, but is now fast becoming a fashion brand. Africa fashion...
by Teakisi | May 3, 2013 | Lifestyle, Love & Sex
A little while ago, I ran into an old friend who I introduced to a new friend and to my surprise my old friend jokingly asked him if he had been ‘friend zoned’ as well. My new friend, replied that yes indeed, he had been friend zoned! They turned to me in unison and...