by Teakisi | Feb 12, 2016 | Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Nellie Umutesi-Vigneron Have you ever had a fight with your significant other on Valentine’s Day because of Valentine’s Day? Well, it’s happened to me, and it was not pretty. Here is the story: Love day is a mere, highly-anticipated and marketing-fueled, few weeks...
by Teakisi | Feb 9, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Family, Thoughts & Reflections
By Wanjiru Kihusa Have you ever heard something that bothered you for days? The first time you heard it, it sounded like a good thing but then it sat in your head and refused to leave. And the more you thought about it the more you realized it was not a good thing....
by Teakisi | Feb 2, 2016 | Culture, Empowerment, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
Article by Fatoumanta B. Diallo When I looked up the word “Sisterhood”, I came across the following definition “an association, society, or community of women linked by a common interest, religion, or trade.” I found the definition interesting because, prior to...
by Teakisi | Dec 31, 2015 | Development, Empowerment, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
Article written by Ibtihal Ahmed. For years, I struggled to fully understand the idea that forgiving is not for the benefit of the other person, but for us as individuals. I am reminded of this conventional proposition: “You’re not forgiving for them, but for you.”...
by Teakisi | Dec 17, 2015 | Culture, Health, Thoughts & Reflections
By Reem Gaafar I have been a doctor for almost 9 years. For about two thirds of that period I worked as an ER physician in a busy tertiary hospital in the Gulf (Oman, specifically) and for a few months in Sudan, while the other third was spent in the Sudanese civil...
by Teakisi | Dec 11, 2015 | Development, Empowerment, Family, Francais, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
By Aline Tou Ma grand-mère paternelle, qui a eu de nombreuses filles et petites filles, a appris à celles qu’elle put voir grandir, une leçon importante. Elle disait à chacune, qu’elle devait chercher à posséder le plus possible de bijoux en or, pour qu’en...
