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Mhama Taught Me
The past two weeks have been very intense weeks I should say. Probably the most two intense weeks of my life. My mother, whom I affectionately call ‘Mhama’, would probably disagree with that. “You’ve...
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Closet Space
Last Friday, one of my girls, Stella, called me asking for directions to my favourite lingerie store in Kampala. After directing her, I asked her what the occasion was and she told me she was only...
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Once Learned Always Known
When I was younger, I lived a cushioned life, and being the only girl I was a little on the spoilt side. I had everyone in the family wrapped around my little finger (except for my mum of course- she...
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Ladies, Don’t ‘Dumb It Down’!
Only last week I had lunch with a very good male friend of mine who’s in a relationship. Almost predictably our conversation switched from Africa, tennis and banking to singleness, marriage and African...
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A Career Obsessed African Woman.
I recently got back home for the summer vacation, and had to go around greeting all my aunties, who may not be blood relations but I love them dearly. The usual conversation starter whenever I get back...
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Youth -The Important Virtue
While driving through a part of land that I remember so well as a child, I compared what I experienced back then to the way I perceive the world now, and the more I notice how my youth has faded, the...
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Can we have it all?
We want everything but can we have it all? We want to be career women, wives and mothers. A little bit like Beyoncé who is one of the most successful female artists in the world and finds time to be a...
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Woman know thyself
“This at last is bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh. This one will be called Woman, because from man this one was taken.” Adam- Genesis 2:23 Religion is the building block of much of the worlds...
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The Queen of Afrika
I saw the queen of Afrika Standing upon great Many Meandering hills Of heaps Of heights Too great For rubble I saw the queen of the world Bending down Looking for gold in a dirty collage Of copious...
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God’s Message To Women
When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke them into being. When I created man, I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils. But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life...
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Mhama Taught Me
The past two weeks have been very intense weeks I should say. Probably the most two intense weeks of my life. My mother, whom I affectionately call ‘Mhama’, would probably disagree with that. “You’ve...
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Closet Space
Imagine a few dresses and pairs of high heels to spice up this closet! Last Friday, one of my girls, Stella, called me asking for directions to my favourite lingerie store in Kampala. After directing...
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Once Learned Always Known
When I was younger, I lived a cushioned life, and being the only girl I was a little on the spoilt side. I had everyone in the family wrapped around my little finger (except for my mum of course- she...
View ArticleWhat’s Trust Got To Do With It?
If you happen to be in a relationship or have been in a relationship, you know that no relationship can survive without this fundamental, vital, unavoidable thing called “TRUST”. Below is my definition...
View ArticleFGM: The Elephant In The Room
Female Genital Mutilation is one those terrifying realities that is still practiced openly today, mainly in Africa and parts of Asia, although globalization and massive migration has carried the...
View ArticleLobola and A Woman’s Worth
“My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes. No matter what I wear I will always be, the India Arie” India Arie, musical artist One day, I jokingly stated to my friend that my lobola value...
View ArticleAn Attitude of Gratitude.
Growing up, our mother would always tell us how lucky and fortunate we were for having food on the table, a roof over our head and a great education. My brothers and I would always disappear when one...
View ArticleMiscarriages: The Monster No One Talks About
Last November I lost a baby. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time. After 3 days in hospital and countless pain killers and antibiotics, I went back home. One week passed and the reality of the situation...
View ArticleAbused Women
Life isn’t exactly white or black. Sometimes it’s grey and other times its blue, life is complicated. You can tell a woman to put her life in the back burner to make her marriage work, but how do you...
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Growing Old in Sudan
The young lady delicately adjusted her multicoloured tob and dabbed at her multicoloured face, looked down at her notes, and cleared her throat. ‘These days, doctora,’ she chirped at her middle-aged...
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