Why are our black bodies disposable to you?
A sad, horrific thing happened on Tuesday, January 15th. Armed gunmen launched an attack on an office complex that included a popular upscale hotel, Dusit, in Nairobi, Kenya. I was one of …
On the Pulse
Thoughts, reviews and favourites of all the latest for and by women Of Africa
My life as a Burundian activist in exile (Part 2)// Dear Diary
Ketty Nivyabandi is a poet and writer from Burundi. In May 2015 she became a refugee after organizing and leading historic, women-only protests against the violation of her country’s …
My life as a Burundian activist in exile (Part 1)// Dear Diary
Ketty Nivyabandi is a poet and writer from Burundi. In May 2015 she became a refugee after organizing and leading historic, women-only protests against the violation of her country’s …
Three important icons in my childhood in Curaçao
Born in 1989, there were so many pop culture figures who shaped my childhood identity in Curaçao. Perhaps somewhat surprising to some, on Curaçao, we were exposed a lot to American culture. …
Three important icons in my childhood in East Africa
Like most of my peers, I spent a great deal of my childhood fixated on the television screen yearning to learn more about the latest pop culture figures and the trends. For this piece, I had …
My natural hair journey (part 2)// Dear Diary
Before we begin, just a note regarding Part I. I might’ve sounded like my mom forced me to ‘fix’ my hair, but honestly, it was also me who desired to have a different type of hair. More …
Why we should help Kenyan indie Supa Modo get to the Oscars
(A spoiler free review) A few months ago I watched what I later declared to be my favourite movie of 2018. It was the sleeper Kenyan independent film hit “Supa Modo” that has been making …
Three important icons in my childhood in Kenya
It was an interesting exercise, thinking about the pop culture figures that shaped my childhood. How would life as I knew it then hold up now? Some things didn’t age well when I look …
The black millennial experience – YouTube edition
Black millennials are becoming more and more interconnected in the era of social media and online content. We’ve all spent countless hours bewitched on youtube, watching video after …
Three of my favorite places in Dar es Salaam, my city
Dar es Salaam is a city I’ve lived in most of my life. And as some do when they’ve been somewhere too long, I used to often dream of the day I would happily leave and possibly never come …