This year marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of the blog, Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women. The blog was started in January 2009 by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Malaka Grant, as a space …
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This motherhood gig does very peculiar things to your body. Takes a while to get used to it! My baby was about 4 months old when I became sexually active again. It was the December holidays …
I booked a yoni massage yesterday. I’m not sure what my expectations were, or maybe that was the issue, I had been primed to have my mind blown. The masseur had said to me over whatsapp …
Hello, Adventurers! We received this query from a reader and sought the help of a medical expert in order to get some general advice. Anonymous asks: I am a 35 year old virgin mostly because I …
In August I went to Grenada in the Carribean for the first time. I was there with a group of girlfriends to take part in Carnival. Prior to this I had mainly thought of Carnival as …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …