The Afrikan Woman And The Cracked Mirror

The Afrikan Woman And The Cracked Mirror

Article written by Likeleli M. Monyamane. A few days before Christmas in 1999, I asked my mother to cut my hair so that I could style it in dreadlocks. I will not forget the look on her confused face as she angrily grabbed the scissors and pointed them in my...
Young, African And Studying in The Diaspora

Young, African And Studying in The Diaspora

By Maria Dombaxi From Benin to Ethiopia, Angola to Tanzania, many African women are leaving the comfort of their homes to get a higher education abroad. They go through the ups and downs of living in the diaspora, making new friends, missing their families to get the...