My friends over at Accra[dot]Alt held one of their regular Talk Parties last week and invited Crystal Svaniker, Kobby Graham, Elvina Quaison and I to share insights from the Open Forum which we attended in May. …
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I was BBM’ing with my friend earlier today and somehow the conversation turned to situations where you get turned on against your will. Me: “What are you up to?” Him: “I’m trying to read in bed …
Whether you live in Accra, Ghana or Akron, Ohio in the US, as a woman of African descent you know what it means to have your sexual health and pleasure controlled by someone else. You could …
On a bumpy flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg a week ago, whilst reading magazines, drinking wine and reading those (sometimes) ridiculous polls that mainstream women’s magazines have from time to time, my friend Crystal (Publisher …
Until 2 months before my 23rd birthday I had never had sex. Despite all the rumours that had floated around me in Form 3 when my bosoms had suddenly blossomed, or the time that my boyfriend …
Last week my bestie (not #BFFFL) and I bought these rings on Long Street in Cape Town. She picked her ring initially and showed it to me. My instinctive response was to say, ‘Oh no that …
Kojo: You’re usually first to cum, aren’t you? Nana Darkoa: Where is this coming from? Kojo: Oh oh! Nana Darkoa::). Why ‘oh oh’? I’m curious about the genesis of the question Kojo:Eish, the genesis of the …
I’m writing right now at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa, and thinking ahead to a plenary I will be participating in tomorrow morning. The plenary is on the topic of ‘The Politics …
Yes ladies, we’re going there today! It’s the thing that everyone does but hates to talk about and I’m not referring to farting 🙂 Ok, I agree- not everyone does it. Take my big sister for …
Dear Missie (short version of Mistress), You probably expect this to be another article that condemns you and tells you you’re a horrible person for banging another woman’s husband. You probably expect me to urge you …