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, …
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Issues that do not fit into our broad categories
/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 …
Women’s sexual pleasure is not a subject that is often talked about and there aren’t many safe spaces for women to gather and have honest insightful conversations about safe sex, consent and pleasure. The internet barrages …
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 …
Every wondered how two womxn truly f**k? Chances are it isn’t always what you think. Even though the internet space bombards us with all sorts of problematic porn, depicting strange, often impractical ways, that women are …
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?” …
I’m a sucker for Valentine’s day. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know its been overly commodified but remove that from the equation and what do you get? A reminder to show the people in your life that …
How does one tell their story of injustice in the face of corruption and a world where the rich and powerful get away with crime? How is a victim of child sexual abuse expected to just …