Domestic violence

Stop Killing Women

22nd June 2020 Yunah Bvumbwe 1

There has been a plethora of hashtags that took turns trending on various social media platforms – #ManAreTrash, #IamNext and so forth, with the intention to stop the madness and frightening numbers of women being killed […]

Teakisi Woman: Tabitha Mpamira-Kaguri

29th July 2019 Salha Kaitesi 1

Limited participation in political and public life; gender based violence; lack of education; Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); poverty, lack of production and fulfilment of human rights, are some of the major challenges activists campaign, and […]

Spreading Love And Flowers To My Sisters

20th November 2017 Teakisi 0

It is 2:00 am and I am wide awake. I put on my unkempt hair in a messy bun, switch on the lamp, take my writing book, and start scribbling. I can hear the grandfather’s clock ticking […]

No Justification

20th September 2017 Ayandola Ayanleke 0

You want to talk about modesty … all well and good. As far as I am concerned, we need more narratives around modesty. I am old-fashioned and also a Christian, so I am all for […]

A letter to Baba Opembe

13th September 2017 Teakisi 0

Dear Baba Opembe, I have wanted for so long to write to you a letter. To tell you how my new home is not home without you. But is home anything so physical? I think […]

I Love You

21st July 2017 Teakisi 3

I love you. I love you because you are me. I love you because there will never be another you and you are amazing as you are. I love you, each part of you. As […]

For Better, For Worse Part 3

23rd November 2016 Teakisi 1

Part 1, Part 2 It was exactly 7:00 pm and Zirwa laid still on the bedroom floor of her apartment. Mariam had insisted she stay with her, but her sister’s constant worrying was driving her […]

Time And Time Again, We Fail Them

14th October 2016 Teakisi 2

By Ariane Kamdoum So, recently I’ve been productively procrastinating on the internet (believe me it is possible to both procrastinate and be productive!) and, in my wanderings, I came across an article about a certain […]

For Better, For Worse Part 2

5th October 2016 Teakisi 5

Part 1 Zirwa felt fear engulf her. “Dapo… I thought I should… I thought it would be best…” Mariam couldn’t believe his boldness. “No!” she shouted, “How dear you?! You do this to my sister […]

For Better, For Worse

10th August 2016 Teakisi 3

Mariam sat in silence opposite her crying sister, watching the tears run down her cheeks. She no longer recognised her own flesh and blood. She wondered how long she had been keeping her predicament from […]