Most people say “vagina” when what they’re really referring to is the vulva. The vulva is the external, visible part of your genitals — your labia (lips), clitoris, vaginal opening, and the opening to your urethra …
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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 …
“It’s too tight.” “I can’t feel anything when I put one on.” “I never go root if I dey don rubber!” “A man’s seed belongs in a woman.” “What’s the matter? Don’t you trust me?” These …
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 …
Keys out of the ignition. A deep breath. A quietly whispered recommitment and solemn vow that nothing, absolutely nothing would happen between us now that I was here. 8 hours of nonstop driving had left the …