by Teakisi | Apr 5, 2017 | Education, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Ivy Salijeni As a young girl living with a single mother in urban Malawi, I learned to understand that going to school was a must, not a need. There was no one to encourage me, apart from my mother – who didn’t know much herself. Her main concern was...
by Teakisi | Apr 3, 2017 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Marie-Helena Mekolo After a weekly catch up call with a friend of mine, one spent exchanging the usual gossip and highlights of our weeks, we decided that 2017 was going to be the year of “Yes” for us. You see, I believe that we live in a world of routine. A world...
by Teakisi | Mar 27, 2017 | Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Elma Asio Your father respects your mother. He has never raised his voice or hand against her. You studied at the very best schools from the time you were only learning to speak to the day you got your degrees. You got a job where everyone is respectful of each...
by Teakisi | Mar 24, 2017 | Thoughts & Reflections
By Josephine Amoako One of the most embarrassing situations one can find himself in is to be shunned in public because of bad breath or body odor. Sometimes it is so bad that you find yourself wondering, doesn’t he or she have friends or relatives to bring it to their...
by Teakisi | Mar 13, 2017 | Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Ifedayo Ward My weekends are longer now, for reasons I can’t help. Remember when we all had pregnancy goals? Two or three besties doing a combined pregnancy shoot with those little cute booties? Well, I can’t keep up because y’all are married and...
by Teakisi | Mar 13, 2017 | Thoughts & Reflections
By Amandla Karungi Letting go I love the certainty of things, the way things always are, the way they used to be; mother peeping through our bedroom door every night, my eyes fixed on the same wall every night, hearing a language I have heard spoken for years; knowing...
