Language around sex matters. Here’s why. If you’ve been active on Nigerian Twitter over the previous two weeks, you may have seen #COZA trending and noted the heated discussion around the topics of church, sex, power …
Author: Malaka
“It’s too tight.” “I can’t feel anything when I put one on.” “I never go root if I dey don rubber!” “A man’s seed belongs in a woman.” “What’s the matter? Don’t you trust me?” These …
This morning I found myself in conversation with an old flame of mine, a man whom I have loved for nearly 30 years. He was my first love – and I his. We taught one another …
Ok. Maybe not “completely”, but there’s still a lot to learn! Sometimes it takes unplugging yourself from your regular scheduled programming to get a glimpse of how narrow your scope of what you think you know …
My ex-boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend wants to bring their son to Ghana in 2020 and she wants me and my family to tag along. I know what you’re thinking. “What in the whypipo world is this mayonnaise nonsense?” …
Lately, I’ve begun exploring podcasts from across the Continent, with the aim of literally hearing diverse African voices. Spoken word and oral traditions play such a strong role in our identity, and podcasts offer a useful …
There are some behaviors that classify as “white people tingz”. Those quirks include putting raisins in potato salad, aversion to seasoning food, and partners continuing to live together after a split. There are some things that …
What would sex be like if we were never taught that our bodies are dirty and sinful? What would it be like to make love if you believed my body was pure and full of light, …
There is a common thread that runs across African cultures; particularly those that share inherited (or imposed) values from Victorian colonizers. That thread is that we are taught to suppress, ignore and abhor sexual desires or …
Hey, Adventurers! There is a question that has been puzzling me for a week or more, and I can think of no better place to find answers than right here. I’ll be asking you all to …