Written by Amarachi Nwokocha From time immemorial, there has been a pervasive myth about African women that has penetrated deeply into the society – the myth of the “good girl”. A typical African girl child is raised to be a “good girl“, which means a woman who conforms to the traditional, cultural, and societal expectations of her even when it is to her own detriment. This idealised notion of a “good girl” is often considered to mean: From childhood lullabies …
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Yes, We’re Feminists. No, We Don’t Want To Be Men. If you’re a feminist, chances are pretty high that you’ve heard the misconception that you’re craving to be a man. I’m sure the people who say …
Written by Lola Oye Once you get pregnant, the possibility really opens up to you. You know for certain this can happen again; you lose the almost cavalier edge/attitude of the person you were before your …
Written by Elizabeth Adunbi My mother and grandmother left an indelible pain in my heart. I will never forgive them for what they did to me. I have vowed to laugh at them even on their …
We are flowers sprouting in a desert of homophobia. Our petals are bright, and our leaves have uncoiled, despite the cold. It is Nairobi in June. Everywhere you walk, we exist; some of us visible, others …
Written by Highest Kite On the first Sunday of the year, a man touched you wrong. Eight months later, you still see him washing cars, clearing grass, gravel and dirt, but more often, tending to the …