by Teakisi | Aug 21, 2020 | Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga I think I have managed growing older pretty well so far. I will be 42 at the end of this year. No one prepares you for growing old. They say you will be wiser, calmer – some even say happier. I must have missed the memo. I do not know if I am...
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...
by Teakisi | Jul 13, 2020 | Thoughts & Reflections, Uncategorised
By Felly Oyuga They say life and death go together. I have always been fascinated by the dead, but not by the process of dying. That part scares me. The last breath. What does it feel like? Do you know you are dying? Are you scared? I expect I will close my eyes on...
by Teakisi | Jul 6, 2020 | Empowerment, Family, Health, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
By Chido Chirumuta If anyone asks me one more time, I might just explode or say something rude. People just need to mind their own business! My mama raised me right, so I am sitting here trying to find a polite way to tell people to mind their business. A week after I...
by Faith Mangwanya | Jul 1, 2020 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
June, what a month! News has been filled with images of marches worldwide, toppling of statues, discussions on subtle racism…Meanwhile, somewhere in Africa we look on and wonder how movements like Black Lives Matter really mean for us? Perhaps, it’s just me. However,...
by Teakisi | Jun 24, 2020 | Culture, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Eunice Tossy I always imagined how my mom would react to me telling her I was being sexually assaulted in our own home. To the extent that when I did, her response was good, but it wasn’t what I had expected. She was mad the first night, but later on she...
