Dear Adventurers: Happy New Year from all of us at Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women. 2022 came with a host of exciting surprises and we’re hopeful that we will replicate that energy in 2023. In that spirit, let’s start with one of longtime community traditions: The setting of our new year sex goals! Over here on Adventures, we’re all about discovering and discussing new (as well as tried and tested) ways of unlocking and accessing pleasure and sexual …
Author: Malaka
“Pleasure is critical.” Zimbabwean master of all trades, Tapiwa Guzha, tells us. In this episode, Malaka and Nana Darkoa ask you to slow down the pace and catch your breath as Tapiwa and Namibian artist and …
World Pleasure Day (WPD) was founded and created by Ianne Celeste Rivera in 2020. In Ianne’s words: “This day was manifested to open the mind, celebrate the body, and elevate the spirit of pleasure. I believe …
“That thing changed my life, and my expectations as far as sex is concerned,” Kenyan comedian and blogger Shazz Nderitu admits about kink. So, in this episode, Nana Darkoa and Malaka are encouraged to bring elements …
A decade ago, Nana Darkoa wrote ‘How can you tell when a woman orgasms?’ for the Adventures blog. It remains one of the most popular posts to date. So, in this episode, Nana and Malaka dig …
With society’s traditionally binary views on gender, so much of what it means to be a ‘man’ is tied to the omnipotent power and performance of the penis. So, when Malaka and Nana Darkoa decided to …
“What was the point of hurrying?” Sex toy guru Iheoma Obibi says, when asked what advice she would give her 20-year-old self. “I would’ve learned and understood my body better.” In this episode, sexy ‘aunties’ tell …
Did your obsession with romance novels mess up your sex life? Did you grow up wishing it was Femi on the cover, not Fabio? This week, the aunties Malaka and Nana Darkoa return to their teen …
Meet Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: friends since 1994, sex bloggers since 2009, now podcasters, and always #BFFFL. In this new series, Nana Darkoa and Malaka welcome you into their bedrooms, and the bedrooms of …
Okay first, I want applause for the restraint I exhibited with the wordplay on “come” and “ear”. That had the potential to go left real quick. But second – and more importantly- I want some applause …
In 2021, Nana Darkoa and I were brainstorming over how we could expand the ways in which we use this platform to amplify the amazing voices and work of African women, feminists and activists. “I know!” …