Nobody likes Biology practicals. The lab is dark and airless, and instead of microscopes and Petri dishes, we have only decomposing carcasses of dissected frogs and lizards spread across the tables. The whole room smells like formaldehyde and sweat, and I am convinced that 60% of the smell comes from Mr Adisa himself. Adisababa, as we call him, drones on and on. Chinyere and her band of overeager oversabis are hard at work, drawing whatever deformed animal we’re supposed to …
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(Read part 1 of Letters to the woman I loved) 29 December 2016 Hello stranger, How are you? I think about you often, but not as often as before. This is a good thing …
1. 25 September 2016 Dear K., I made many mistakes with you, I realise that now. Chief of them was assuming that you were exactly like me, just because you were happy to leave with me …
[This post was read at #Chalewote2016 as part of Timehin’s contribution to the panel readings and conversation. Thank you Timehin for your incredible contributions to the Spirit Women session.] It’s a bit ironic that I feel …
Written by Dr. Hannah Yang It’s only natural for all humans to crave a certain amount of love and attachment in their lives. But with so many distractions and challenges that each of us face on …
Over the last few months, The virtual festival Adventures Live! 2020 has seen us on an exciting communal odyssey of Desire. Since our launch in July, we’ve explored Desire, what it tastes like, what it smells …
On August 14, four parents joined an #AdventuresLive2020 panel to share their experiences and perspectives on the complex topic of raising children without sexual shame. Timehin Adegbeye came through from Nigeria, Fatime Faye from Senegal and …
Breath work, sexual liberation, consent and boundaries, ‘intertextual loving and holding,’ starting new relationships in the time of Covid-19, these were a few of the topics discussed in our very first live chat for Adventures Live …
This year #AdventuresLive is going BIG! From the 15th of July through November 2020, join The Odyssey of Desire: a series of online conversations and explorations that will lead us on a journey through the depth …
Adventures Live! descended on Accra a mid-December 2019 morning before the city was inundated with visitors arriving for Ghana’s Year of Return celebrations. A one-day festival to celebrate pleasure, sex and sexualities, it also celebrated ten …
Cis heteronormativity is the idea that there are only two genders and two sexual orientations and that is what should be the norm. Cis heteronormativity forces women to only be attracted to men, and men to …