I sit here staring at my laptop willing for words to come to me. I am absolutely broken and horrified. It is September 2, 2019, and a man who works at post…
I refresh the browser. A new email with the title ‘Complaint’ appears. The name of the sender is not familiar to me, so I am curious and hurriedly open it to read. …
It’s really baffling when what should be a simple choice every morning takes one a lot of careful thinking on the impact of your day ahead. Deciding if you want to wear…
I am constantly seeking to build on my feminist knowledge and I spend most of my free time trawling through social media, blogs and any source readily available for black and/or African…
Nigeria is one of the most religious countries in the world where more than 90 percent of people identify as religious. Both old and new religious players and faith you will find…
Botswana welcomed its fifth President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi in April 2018 who succeeded President Ian Khama. In the new cabinet, 31 year old Bogolo Joy Kenewendo was appointed the Minister of…
Resistance, in all its forms, is a push-back against status quos. It is not meant to soothe those to whom it is aimed, rather to demonstrate, as creatively, effectively, and shockingly what…
In June 2019, efforts by trade unions across the globe to ensure safe, healthy and violence free workplaces for all categories of workers in the world were crowned with a convention by…
I took the title from one of the sarcastic tweets by a fellow Ethiopian on Twitter on the recent ridiculous court sentencing a man to 10 years in prison for raping a…
I think, I should start with the disclaimer, I am a feminist, an African feminist to be exact, pledging my allegiance to the African Feminist Charter, which, among things, affirms that women…