We saw this post on one of our FAV blogs, Single in Gidi and just had to share! There is plenty drama being single in Lagos (or any where else for that matter). Asides from the continual pressure (and prayer) from friends, family, wellwishers and people you met 5 minutes ago to get married there are also various ‘stigma’ issues…
Few weeks ago I published my interview with Chioma Obii-Obioha, the creator and editor of the Love.N’Words blog for her series ‘Journey to Beautiful’. Last week, we also featured Wana Udobang’s interview for the series. According to Chioma, the series aims to showcase African women celebrating their own beauty, defining what is beautiful for themselves, embracing the journey to total self-acceptance, and living on purpose.…
‘Empowered Women empower women’ She Leads Africa has been on our radar for a few months. Not just because of their highly successful Entrepreneur showcase held last year. In case you missed it, She Leads Africa created a business pitch competition which gave 10 exceptional young female entrepreneurs, doing business in Africa, the opportunity to pitch their businesses to a…
The endometrium is the tissue that lines the inside of the womb (uterus). Endometriosis is a condition where endometrial tissue is found outside the uterus. It is ‘trapped’ in the pelvic area and lower tummy (abdomen) and, rarely, in other areas in the body. Who gets endometriosis? The exact number of women who develop endometriosis is not known. This is…
Recently, I have been praying to God to teach me to love Him more. It has however occured to me that I cannot love someone I do not know. So perhaps I need to pray and actively seek to get to know God more. As I watched today’s #Spirit Video, where Oprah and her guests, try to define who God…
Women. Different. Unique. Diverse. Varied. Complex. Multifaceted. Versatile. Each woman is all of these things. We are the sum total of the various elements that make us unique, diverse and inherently complex. We are created to live outside the box, or in, if we choose. And that is the clincher. Choice. We must be allowed to choose who we want…
We found this list and LOVED IT SO MUCH we had to share…… By Moiyattu Banya written for ForHarriet.comWhat is African Feminism? Many feminists from around the world have contested the idea of whether modern conceptions of feminism are African or un-African. Indeed, feminism has existed in Africa since the times of Queen Nzinga of what is now Mozambique and Yaa…
We have officially crossed over into quarter 2 of 2015. I am personally at a place of re-evaluation. Re-evaluating my goals and the means of achieving them. It struck me as we celebrated Easter that sacrifice is the necessary ingredient for the achievement of my goals. It is through Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross that we now have direct access…
By Glory Edozien After 4 years of what we all agreed to call a ‘man drought’, my besto, turned sister, Temi was in a healthy loving relationship for longer than 6 months. We had all questioned the lack of a man in Temi’s life for a long time. She was pretty, smart, friendly and had lost almost 20kg following a…
Few weeks ago I published my interview with Chioma Obii-Obioha, the creator and editor of the Love.N’Words blog for her series ‘Journey to Beautiful’. According to Chioma, the series aims to showcase African women celebrating their own beauty, defining what is beautiful for themselves, embracing the journey to total self-acceptance, and living on purpose. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chioma’s blog and the other women featured…
