gender equality – Becoming The Muse

Of Pack Light: Memoirs of Growing Up In Africa

6 Oct 20206 Oct 2020

Ibua Journal, an African Publishing House which discovers, trains and publishes emerging African Writers is releasing an anthology of shortlisted stories from their inaugural Continental Call of 2019 which ran…

Awards and Challenges…

Of The Ways Of Old

27 Jun 201927 Jun 2019

I am constantly awed by the duality and double standards that seem to be part of our culture. https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/597363696428556288 We claim we are a modern progressive society and yet we…

Of A Woman’s Worth

30 Sep 201830 Sep 2018

The value of a woman is not measured in how many cows you pay for her, Nor is it measured by how many children she will birth, It is certainly…

Of Barack Obama’s Nelson Mandela Lecture: An Overview

20 Jul 201820 Jul 2018

On Tuesday the 17th of July 2018 former president Barack Obama delivered a lecture on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late statesman Nelson Mandela,…

Of Love In The Time Of Chocolate Cake

4 Jul 20183 Jul 2018

Guest Post Love in the time of chocolate The rich chocolatey smell of the cake overwhelms my nostrils, coating the fine hairs with thoughts of warm crushed cocoa beans. I…

Of Picture It: International Women’s Day

9 Mar 20189 Mar 2018

Happy Women’s Day Every day is woman’s day on this space of mine especially this month of March. I pledge to #PressForProgress and Forge positive visibility of women Yesterday I…

Of Coffee, Women And Progress

3 Mar 20183 Mar 2018

If you were having coffee with me; I would greet you as a stranger who suddenly realises that amongst other strangers we are kindred spirits you and I. How alike…