Because I’m a woman
Because I’m a woman
I’m a feeble craft
I’m sketched as a property
Designated as a commodity
Procured and delivered from one house to another
Because I’m a woman
I’m a second class burger
I’m by no means valued
No degree of significance is annexed to my personhood
Because I’m a woman
Attached to my attainment is limitation
Conjectural
Growing in…
A Girl in the Mirror by: Aisosa Joseph
She dreams of a world where she can be !!
She struggles from the shackles of bondage
She wants to be free like the beautiful butterflies
She wants to have a color filled life
She cannot be caged in the culinary sanctuary
She wants to be a ruler !
She wants to be a woman king!
She stumbled…
I am proudly African. I am proudly Black. Written by Taonga Jeka
Meet Taonga Jeka from Malawi, a creative writer, Journalism in Development communication student and a spoken word artist aged 21. This is her story…
In March this year, around 4 pm, I was walking past Mtwalo apartment in Mzuzu City, Malawi, when a car approached me. Inside, I saw Indian…
Made with Melanin by Pretty
A hue that’s rich and divine,
Blessed with beauty that’s truly one of a kind,
A shade that’s kissed by the sun,
A complexion that’s second to none.
Made with melanin, a pigment so fine,
A tapestry of shades, a true work of art,
A complexion that radiates from within,
A beauty that’s deeper than just…
It is not that Easy by Mercy Mbingwani
It’s not that easy,
This journey of my life.
Battling with my own flaws,
Losing, time after time,
Shattered into pieces.
In my grave, perhaps, I’ll find peace.
It’s not that easy,
This journey of my life.
Through gloomy seas, I’ve crossed,
Drowning in nostalgia,
And there I lost my last euphoria.
Half my wine spilt,
But I still hold the…