As we prepare to wrap up 2024, our team at Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women is busy tying up loose ends and gearing up for much-needed rest and rejuvenation. This isn’t just about catching our breath; it’s about clearing our minds and bodies to leap into the fray of 2025, which already promises to be an action-packed year. One of the last big tasks on our plate is finalizing the December edition of our monthly newsletter. If you …
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Issues that do not fit into our broad categories
Written by Nnennaya Finding love in Nigeria is tough—especially when all you want is a healthy, fulfilling connection that’s free from stress and toxicity. After enduring the pain and exhaustion of three stressful relationships in the …
Hey Adventurers! It’s your girl Malaka here with a message that I hope resonates with each of you. As Adventures Fam, you know that battles that we wage are shared in both their glories and horrors. …
Written by Highest Kite, from the ‘Rebel’ series You know what’s funny but dangerously not funny? How none of my friends nor I want childrenTwo of us have had abortionsone of us more than once Don’t ask me how, …
Written by Highest Kite, from the ‘Rebel’ series whatever My face is wet whatever My heart is heavy whatever My mind is cramped whatever He won’t text back whatever My lips feel sewn whatever How do …
These are love notes from an eco-feminist to the environment. Let them fill you with peace. …
I was already horny and wet when I walked into the motel. I had been angsty all day at work anticipating this moment. I just climbed up the stairs to the room he had already secured …
Read Part 3 here. The air hung thick with tension as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a foreboding pall over the Nguiko. The echoes of the day’s punishment still lingered on the breeze, haunting …
It’s a matter of the personal vs. the collective. No matter what – I wasn’t going to be known only as a keyboard warrior/online activist. So despite not being a citizen, I happily and excitedly made …
Written by Muthoni Ngei Welcome back to the most exciting, thought-provoking, and inclusive event of the year—Sexual Utopia Festival 2024! This year, we’re pulling out all the stops with our spicy, eye-opening theme: Sex & Money. …
Read the first part here. The murmurs from the crowd and the surprise on the faces of the Council, as Joe Thompson staggered to the centre of the square told me all I needed to know. …