by Teakisi | May 16, 2017 | Current Affairs, Thoughts & Reflections
By Amandla Karungi #MenAreTrash has been a trending hashtag on Twitter in the past few days. Are they? Or are they not? What sparked this conversation? Last week circulating on Facebook was a picture of a South African girl who was reported missing from her...
by Teakisi | May 10, 2017 | Empowerment, Family, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
By Noeline Kirabo For “What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You (Part 1)”, click here. Your greatest asset is your brain: As women, we are raised to believe that your greatest asset is your physical appearance, followed by character. This is constantly ...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | May 8, 2017 | Family, Thoughts & Reflections
“I need you!” her heart screamed. “I’m dying, I need help!” it cried out. But it went unheard, drowned by other voices; “My husband is a monster; he hit me every chance he got.” one said. “My parents don’t want anything to do with me and the man who impregnated me...
by Teakisi | May 5, 2017 | Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Marie-Helena Mekolo To the man I love dearly: Lately, I’ve found my thoughts drifting back to you….. Remembering our last encounter, trying to decipher some moments and actions, attempting to get a peak at the side of you that’s hidden. I start seeing the good in...
by Teakisi | May 4, 2017 | Culture, Empowerment, Entertainment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Ariane Kamdoum I don’t know if you are aware of this but the entertainment industry in Africa is going through a massive stage of growth. Be it movies, music, sitcoms or TV-shows, the continent is going forward and holding its head proudly up as it should be. Kudos...
by Natacha Umutoni | May 1, 2017 | Culture, Empowerment, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
Addressing women during an RPF-Inkotanyi Women’s League Congress in Kigali on April 22, 2017, the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, warned elder women against terrorizing the younger ones about tolerating domestic violence during bridal showers. The president...