I Am The daughter of a Hutu father and a Tutsi mother
According to the United Nations today, there are more than 26 million refugees and 4.4 million asylum seekers globally. So what does it mean to be a refugee? To leave behind everything you know to be home, to lose one’s identity and to be caught in between, with no…
I tested positive for HIV and my life has never been the same
According to the world health organization, by the end of 2020, there were an average of 37.7 million people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Of those people estimated to have HIV, over 25.4 million were from the African region.
Today I had the privilege to chat with a…
My personal skincare journey helped me start my own business
My name is Fatima-Zahra, I am Moroccan and the owner of FACEPALM Studio.
I was born and raised on the northwest side of the Continent. Growing up, like most Moroccan girls, I’ve been taught to take care of my body by going to the hammam every other week to exfoliate…
Signing a pre or postnuptial contract does not show a lack of faith in your marriage, but rather good asset management and preparation
It was probably not until I heard it on Kanye West’s hit song “Gold digger” did I first know about prenups. And whilst I and every other millennial hip hop fan of that time screamed “we want prenup, we want prenup”, it took a good few years for me…
How I got support at work with my disability
In the past 3 years, I have filled and signed countless job applications, and in all of them, I would always find myself held between bounds, not knowing which option to tick when the question of disability arises. This reluctance arose after an interview with a private institution for…
Mpho Mogodiri is Celebrating our Indigenous Heritage
We really need to reconnect with our roots to nature and listen to the elders around the world. I call them living libraries because they actually know most of the things that we don’t know. They have this knowledge, but they don’t know who to share this knowledge with….
I had to give up my dream of becoming a teacher so that I could take care of my son with special needs.
It is not many who pursue their dreams later in their lifetime. More so if you are born and raised in a poverty-dominated world. But, at the age of 50, Mrs Phosa, well-known in her village of Ha-Makhuvha, as Ma’am Phosa. Defied the odds and bossed up when she…
Noxolo Zungu says that Art is her therapy and forever Joy
For most young black girls living in remote rural and underdeveloped villages, dreams and goals seem arid and/or impossible to reach. I know that because I was once that young black girl whose dreams were clouded by the societal misconceptions of what a woman can and should be. Having…
Gladys Francis has inspired many to defy the odds
We are currently witnessing more and more black African women making their mark in this world. There seems to be a surge – although subtle – of confidence, passion, and resilience embroidered in the way black African women present and represent themselves. Black African woman are shifting, changing, transitioning…