Adventures From The Bedrooms of African Women is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 Adventures Creators Program under the theme: “Scars”. The Adventures Creators Program seeks to amplify feminist and progressive content creators and support their creative vision. Each creatorship track will take place over a period of three (3) to five (5) months. Three (3) writing creatorships and two (2) visual arts creatorships will be awarded including: Writing Creatorship We are looking for a …
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Written by By Irenosen Akharele Ivie woke up without a headache for the third day in a row and she knew she did not have her daughter to thank for it. She had almost started thinking …
Written by By Irenosen Akharele It had been three days and Eseohe was getting comfortable having Mali around. She went to pick a few clothes from the house and let her daughter know that she wasn’t …
Written by By Irenosen Akharele “Jesus! He was married?” Mali’s eyes were the size of saucers and Eseohe had to hold in a laugh. She nodded and the girl heaved a sigh. “Men are so useless.” …
Written by By Irenosen Akharele Eseohe tried her best not to creak her daughter’s front door as she stepped into the house with a faint smile on her face. She had decided to surprise both her …
Written by Nyambura ‘Let everything happen to you. The beauty and the terror; just keep going; no feeling is final.’ Ranier Marie Rilke, JoJo Rabbit. It is 6.30 am, Thursday, in July. The sun is rising …
Written by Tawakalt Oseni It is a brand new year, and we’re gearing up for the official dates and celebrations all over again. First goes the Christmas and New Year decor, and then we get through …
The third time I saw her was at the stream. She was wearing shorts that stopped two inches from her knees, and a sleeveless top that looked more comfortable in the heat than the long skirt …
The first time I saw her was in church. I had just elbowed my sister Mansa awake for the fourth time from her usual dozing during church service. I would have left her to sleep, but …
Written by Nobuhle N Nyoni What is your kink? The sex world is very intriguing. It often feels like every day, we learn new things about it. There are people out there who are aroused by …
As I approached the backyard, I was assailed by a bout of rebellion. I was a grown-ass woman for goodness sake. I was a woman of twenty-six years who had a right to a sexual life. …
“Mom, I’m sorry! It was a mis- “ “Don’t listen to your mother, Dee. She’s just jealous,” Dad’s voice came over the phone. I took the phone off my ear to stare at it in confusion. …