I hate shaving. Absolutely, 100% do not like it. In high school and even university, I’d get subtly shamed for leaving my bush, well…errr…bushy. But I just hated shaving. I hate the discomfort that comes with …
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This is centred around women who primarily partner with men. This does not include the role of sex work at this time. I will not attempt to define sex positivity not only because I do not …
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 …
I was 17 years old the first time I heard the word rape in relation to sexual violation. Before this, rape was the spinach-like vegetable that I ate as a child in Zambia – which I …
On the floors of the wards of Luzira Women Prison Women sleep as congested as firewood neatly stacked. Petty crime and debt – none is here for treason. The injustices of our justice system leave us …
I recently followed an Instagram page called the.vulva.gallery which is basically an art gallery of vulvas of all kinds. Shortly after this discovery, I fell into the habit of taking random shots of parts of my …
Rafiki is the African love story that is all of us. On May 16th, 2019, FESPACO screened Rafiki at Alliance Francaise for its FESPACO @ 50 Film Night. Adapted for film by Kenyan filmmaker, Wanuri Kahui, …
/things i didn’t tell my mother that there was a boy in my neighbourhood and that i liked him and that i went to church most evenings because of him and he and some other boys …
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 …
I’m 41 years old and to date, I’ve never heard my biological clock tick. That hasn’t stopped me from agonising about whether or not I should have a baby. For over a decade I’ve gone back …