Thoughts & Reflections
Life Lessons I Learned in 2019
2019 has come to an end and just like everybody else, I experienced it all. I laughed, I cried. I had the ups and downs. I had cause for celebration and otherwise. I had victories […]
Thoughts & Reflections
Culture
Check Your Privilege
What is privilege? You might have heard about white privilege. Why are people talking about white privilege? If you follow anything to do with contemporary American politics, you will have heard that African American people […]
Culture
A Son to Calm My Nerves
I stood in the kitchen, preparing supper, stirring something on the cooker, a dropped spoon in the sink and back to the cooker and as my mind came back to the same thought over and […]
Current Affairs
All Hail the Single Mother!
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 […]
Development
One Hell of a Year
The month of November has made me realize that 2019 is coming to an end and it has made me reflect on how the year has been. Although it often seems like life doesn’t change […]
Poem
Culture
We Are Turning One!
It has been almost one year since I gave birth, and I remember many firsts I have experienced since then. I can say for certain that the biggest change has been clarity in my priorities. […]
Famille
Toujours Trop … Pour “trouver” Un Homme
Vous faîtes peut être partie de ces femmes auxquelles on a souvent dit ” tu es trop…”, “il faut que tu arrêtes d’être aussi exigeante” ou “n’en demande pas trop” ou même “apprends à te […]
Culture
The Unaddressed Pressure from the Society that All Women Face
I was at church one time, when a guy said, “you will find some women over confident which affects their lives negatively, women SHOULD be shy, and less confident, Women that go to the US […]
Thoughts & Reflections
Of Petrol Queues, and Patience in Zimbabwe
I live in the beautiful capital city of Harare. I know I am biased, but I believe that it is a scenic place. My city is a mixture of a concrete jungle and green spaces. […]