I am sexually sad. I have watched so much porn recently that at one point I genuinely contemplated the idea that someone had bewitched me. I had my suspicions too. Not too long ago an angry …
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I was deep in thought wondering how the people in this village in Ndaragwa, Nyahururu felt about having a castle rudely thrust onto them by their wealthy neighbour, when I saw her walk towards me. “May …
One of my pet peeves is when authors skim over details in describing sex. When the act of two or more people fucking, making love, being intimate is glossed over or merely implied. I recognise that …
This morning started out like any other Saturday. See, as a full time working mother, Saturdays are usually super busy. It’s the day I get to “do the yoga” in the morning, grocery shopping, take the …
What makes you a woman? What circumstances need to exist in your life to feel as though you’ve earned the title and trappings of womanhood? I ask because there has been a longtime conversation raging in …
I have been thinking a lot about what will happen if I write this. I am a born-again youth leader in my church, son of a pastor, and a bible enthusiast. But I don’t know how …
I had a lot of fun sharing, reading and being in conversation with the SOAS community about my passion and work documenting the diverse stories around African women, sex and sexualities. Some of you may be …
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being in conversation with my sister-activist-friend Dr Njoki Wamai at an event hosted by the Queens College Feminist Society and FLY- Women of Colour Forum. One woman shared that she …
In January 2009, Malaka and I began blogging about sex and sexualities. For me the inspiration had been going on a girls holiday with a group of women from different African countries, and having the most …
I am super excited (and slightly nervous) that I will be speaking at SOAS University of London this Thursday 26th October at 5pm. I will speak to why I think its important for African women to …