“It’s Friday and I have nowhere to be. Want to go out for a drink?” No. I’d rather listen to you read me the Songs of Solomon. I looked at him and my eyes immediately dropped …
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“What was the point of hurrying?” Sex toy guru Iheoma Obibi says, when asked what advice she would give her 20-year-old self. “I would’ve learned and understood my body better.” In this episode, sexy ‘aunties’ tell …
At home, it took everything in me, but I unpacked my groceries and put them away. I shed my clothes and put them in the hamper. A shower was in order. Counting traffic and the time …
Written by Fui Can-Tamakloe On a quiet night’s drive through Labadi in Accra, a lover tells me about a pregnancy scare. She talks about a missed period, a positive pregnancy test, a visit to the hospital …
My free of the compulsory looks likeDropping everything (kinda) to organise a pride party, because ess muss seinClaiming my time to enjoy the partySaying my piece and saying it like it mattersChoosing brave Free of the …
Dear mother, When I sit and introspect, and question all things that I really know, There are so few that I could bet my life on. For it seems that much of the knowledge I think …
Did your obsession with romance novels mess up your sex life? Did you grow up wishing it was Femi on the cover, not Fabio? This week, the aunties Malaka and Nana Darkoa return to their teen …
(First published in Femmolution Vol 2, 2020; an anthology of poems & stories from African women & enbies, created by Liz Kilili) A world is endingWith it, a part of me is dyingI mourn this loss It’s …
Meet Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: friends since 1994, sex bloggers since 2009, now podcasters, and always #BFFFL. In this new series, Nana Darkoa and Malaka welcome you into their bedrooms, and the bedrooms of …
I’ve always had a thing for sounds. The twitter of the birds early in the morning, the chirping of the crickets at dusk, the distinct sound every different piece of machinery makes. I’ve always been fascinated …