Written by Oladoyin Alana Precious* met Wale* on an evening train to Lagos. The conversation that ensued between the two of them was enough. She was convinced that Wale* was going to be the love of her life. They started seeing each other and within two weeks, their love story began. “It felt magical. Divinely orchestrated,” Precious* reminisced. “At the start of the relationship, we would go out together, travel and go grocery shopping, and hang out with his friends, …
Tag: Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women
Written by Vivian Oluchi The orgasm gap, also known as the pleasure gap, can be defined, according to Wikipedia, as the difference in sexual satisfaction between heterosexual men and women. Studies have found that the orgasm …
Rami slowly came awake, stretching as she turned. The silence told her that the rain had stopped sometime in the early morning. The weather was still cool, though, so she was grateful for the long rain. …
When Rami’s phone rang at midnight that day, she was awakened from such a deep slumber that she didn’t even check the caller ID or the time. She had been expecting a friend from the USA …
One area of global health policy that is most talked about and yet least understood is reproductive healthcare. Most people know it is important, but only a few understand why it matters, who influences it, or …
Written by Anluma Ocran My first pregnancy occurred eight months after the burial of one of the women I have most loved in this world, my grandmother. I was so distraught by her passing, especially given …
Written By Makgosi Letimile When my editor contacted me about writing something about pleasure, she gave me free latitude. I could write about the theme and my feelings towards it, whether big or small. I spent …
Par Boukari OUEDRAOGO A Savili, village perdu dans la province du Boulkiemdé, une femme occupe le statut de chef de village avec autorité et sagesse depuis deux ans. Vêtue d’un ample boubou blanc aux motifs variés, …
In Nigeria, it is easier to publicly discredit a woman who speaks about rape than it is to get justice against the man who actually committed it. Rape in Nigeria is drastically underreported. In fact, national …
By Ifeoluwa Suleiman I spent half my life trying to negotiate with a God I was told couldn’t handle my hunger. On Sundays, I was a masterpiece of suppression. I wore long skirts that swept the …
I was still reeling when Nafisa inevitably found me in her garden twenty minutes later. She sat beside me on the bench – the one we had brought from our old garden – for a few …