Celebrating Albinism Awareness Day: “I am Seen, I am Heard, I Matter”
Today is Albinism Awareness Day. Albinism is still largely misunderstood, socially and medically. It is caused by a total or reduced absence of melanin – and as you know –…
Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz Talk Marriage in their First Joint Magazine Feature
Fallin’ crooner who we all fell in love with a number of years back for her beautiful husky voice and ‘zig-zag’ cornrows, Alicia Keys, and her husband, beats-maker and producer…
Why the Uproar? My Take on Chimamanda’s Chat with Trevor Noah on ‘The Daily Show’
Now, popular author, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, has been in the spotlight for quite some time, forcing everyone to be at ‘twar’ (that’s the Twitter name for ‘war’. You’re welcome.) While many…
Ayesha Curry is Important for the Culture, for MY Culture!
As a self-proclaimed ‘feminist’ although I mostly like to think of myself as a ‘womanist’ more than I am the former, (I used to be ashamed of saying that so…
Kenyan Woman Gets £20,000 Compensation 20 Years after False Prostitution Charges for not Having a Male Partner at Hotel
Winfred Njoki Clarke visited a bar in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi in 1998. This bar was located in one of the country’s 5-star hotels: The Intercontinental. When she tried to…
Monica Osagie’s ‘Sex for Grades’ Recording was a Necessary Evil
Monica Osagie‘s recorded conversation with her lecturer in which he insists on sleeping with her 5 times for better grades, is an occurence that is unfortunately not too peculiar with…
Male Hairstylist Arrested in Lagos for Being ‘Slim & Gay Looking’
Right on the heels of Falz‘ new hit-track: ‘This is Nigeria’ , it seems as though the Nigerian police force were on a mission to prove some of the issues highlighted…
Missguided Just Launched a Kick Ass Campaign featuring Women with Skin Imperfections & it’s Stunning!
It’s so refreshing to increasingly see fashion and beauty brands featuring realistic women in their campaigns. Online fashion store, Missguided, just launched a brilliant campaign tagged #InYourOwnSkin featuring women with…
This Fashion Blogger’s Epic Reply to Instagram Body Shamers is Everything
Often times, when the term “body positivity” is used, it is mostly in reference to curvy women and plus-sized women. Aderinola Odugbesan-Thomas is neither curvy nor plus-sized. However, she is inspiring…
See Ghanaian Woman’s Reasons for Dating a Married Man with Several Mistresses
So there’s this trending video making the rounds on social media, in which a Ghanaian woman reveals why she is dating a married man (who has other mistresses). The video…