by Teakisi | Nov 9, 2020 | Culture, Empowerment, Thoughts & Reflections
By Cynthia Kinyera Every Mother’s day, every Day of the Girl Child, I hear cheers and jubilation for the strong black women of Africa and the diaspora. The strong black woman has become a cultural icon across the globe, used to praise and appreciate the work of black...
by Gloria Busingye | Nov 18, 2019 | Current Affairs, Development, Education, Empowerment, Family, Thoughts & Reflections
This one is for the special humans! There are many of them out there. We all know at least one or two. We all live close to one.. We know her name. We have her number. We know her daily hustle. We rarely notice her super power though. Because most times, we see...
by Teakisi | Aug 9, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Poem, Religion, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga Lately, the whiskey hits different. Before, I would dance in my seat, laugh from my throat, while hoping no one would see the sadness in my eyes, feigning happiness and interest in life and lovers, when all I wanted to do was stagger home and cry the...
by Teakisi | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Education, Empowerment, Entertainment, Family, Feature, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga I am forty. They said this would be my sexual peak. I kind of thought they meant that I would have a lot of great sex. I was looking forward to that. I think they meant I would just look forward to great sex and not necessarily have it. I spent my...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Apr 21, 2017 | Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
She was born prepared. Prepared for marriage. She was conceived, born, weaned, raised for one purpose: marriage. It might not look like it in this day and age, with many parents now sending their girls to school, but when it comes down to it, for many, it all still...