Last year while working on a documentary film project in Accra, I met a very interesting middle-aged woman named Naa who I discovered is a Priestess and the leader of a group of middle-aged queer Ghanaian women. While we conversed, Naa talked about being in a “spiritual marriage” with a woman. This piqued my interest. I further learned she has been a constant pillar of support to the queer community in her neighborhood for quite a number of years. This …
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Written by Oladoyin Alana Precious* met Wale* on an evening train to Lagos. The conversation that ensued between the two of them was enough. She was convinced that Wale* was going to be the love of …
Written by Precious Nwosu “When someone repeatedly feels dismissed or unheard in medical settings, it doesn’t just stay about that one appointment. It becomes a pattern that the nervous system starts to recognise,” says Amari Leaphart, …
Written by Vivian Oluchi The orgasm gap, also known as the pleasure gap, can be defined, according to Wikipedia, as the difference in sexual satisfaction between heterosexual men and women. Studies have found that the orgasm …
Written by Yaa Owusua I think, as a collective and as women, we can all agree that men in this era are… different. With the rise of incel culture, casual misogyny (although that never really went …
If you have ever wondered how deeply patriarchy has influenced our daily lives as women, here is one example you might not immediately think of: the infantilisation of women. There is a way society positions men …
CNN recently exposed a website that hosted over 20,000 videos of women who had been drugged and filmed by their partners while they were unconscious. The site had recorded around 62 million visits. Imagine millions of …
It’s World Book Day! This day is a global initiative promoting reading for pleasure, author engagement, and literacy. Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women is all about pleasure and storytelling, but we also know that …
Rami slowly came awake, stretching as she turned. The silence told her that the rain had stopped sometime in the early morning. The weather was still cool, though, so she was grateful for the long rain. …
Women deal with misogyny every day. Regardless of your age, life status, or geographical location, there is always a man—or sometimes, unfortunately, a woman with internalised misogyny—who will try to treat you with less respect because …
Written by Idayat Jinadu “Let’s talk,” the therapist began, crossing her legs and uncapping a pen. “Talk about what?” answered Mojisola. “Is there anything on your mind?” “Nothing much.” Mojisola raised her head and stared at …