Being Called A Coconut for being a Plant Mamma
I remember getting a revelation one day telling me I need to do more of what I love. So I…
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I Am Still Battling With Sickle Cell Disease
Growing up, I was always treated differently. I wasn’t allowed to play sports, and my mom always forced me to…
Biankie, The Black African Woman Against Domestic Violence
I am Biankie. I’m a young black African woman. In my community, women have no say, women are not given…
Protecting African Women from Climate Change
African women are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change. They have contributed the least to the crisis but…
My Perpetrator Asked me for Forgiveness
I am a black African woman—a Nigerian woman, to be exact. I was 23 years old when I obeyed the…
I Don’t Want to be…
I DON’T WANT TO BE I don’t want to be a wife. A housewife, working wife, whatsoever wife! It’s not…
The Kind of Love I Want
This is the kind of love I want: A love that makes the trouble of this world invisible to me…
Celebrating Black Love on Valentines Day
I feel like society has failed to romanticize and celebrate black love. I think, as black people, we need to…
When my brother died…
When people died, I used to think it was not that serious. I don’t know why… maybe it was because…
Morning, Afternoon and Evening
MORNING It’s a new day. I choose to be strong and responsible for my own actions and emotions. I’ve learnt…
A Narrative About a Depressed Housewife
The heavy vibration from the alarm woke Uche up as early as six in the morning. She hated waking up…
Undignified…
Tic tock tic tock… The shadow of my ghosts looks up at me. I see my fears and bruises mirrored…
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