by Teakisi | Jul 31, 2020 | Culture, Current Affairs, Education, Empowerment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex
By Cynthia Kinyera Sometimes I think, we Africans have a talent of focusing on all the wrong things. We’ve built a society that loves sweeping uncomfortable things under the rug, and actively convincing ourselves that they do not exist. Rape, for example. Did you know...
by Teakisi | May 15, 2020 | Entertainment, Short Story
By Felly Oyuga She had a boyfriend! She could not stop thinking about how her luck had just turned. Walking down Kimathi Street, she could not walk fast enough to get to the hotel to meet her beau. Gigi was a plain Jane. Even her own mother felt sorry for her. Nothing...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Feb 19, 2020 | Thoughts & Reflections
“I don’t want to have a female boss” “Female bosses are wicked.” You have probably heard this said a number of times or even said it yourself. When I was a lot younger and I would say, ignorant, I believed this too, even without having a female boss. You know how...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | May 3, 2019 | Thoughts & Reflections
No man is an island; I believe this and I agree with it. To me, that means we all need each other. In fact, one of my best songs to describe the situation, would be this song we sang in my fellowship in Secondary School. Part of the lyrics says, “You are...
by Teakisi | Mar 6, 2019 | Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Afia Kwakyewaa Owusu-Nyantakyi I’ve always spent more time than I should choosing a dress, or a hairstyle. I know most people say this is common with women. Perhaps it is, Perhaps there’s more to the constant anxiety I feel when I’m not sure about whether it is a...