Imagine going to a party, and then days later, unconscious and bottomless pictures of yourself splayed out on the floor began surfacing on line. That’s exactly what happened to Jada, a teenager from Houston. Asides from dealing with the notions of a possible intimate violation, Jada has also had to deal with social media bullies who have attempted to mock…
Have you ever had to look for a dead rat? The decayed smell saturates the air like a heavy musk and engulfs your nostrils like the mucus from a boil. You turn your home upside down looking for the damned creature in all the usual places, underneath the chairs, in-between the crevices of walls and behind your dressing table, with no…
By Nikki Gloudeman. Like many women, I’ve often distilled body image into a series of cold hard numbers: pounds, dress size, calories, carbs. But it wasn’t always this way. In fact, the first time I realized weight would be an issue in my life, it was all about words. I was in grade school, age 10, and heavy. On the…
I was wearing an electric blue blouse, jet black leggings and nude 3 inch heels. My hair was packed in a tight pony tail and my lips were the colour of ruby woo. It was our second date and we were meeting up for drinks on a Friday evening. Conservative, clean and not too presumptuous was how my cousin described…
For a while now, I’ve preached self love like its running out of business! Loving yourself is the first step to living a happy fulfilled life. It means accepting who you are, having the sense of spirit to change what you don’t like about yourself and knowing your value. Regardless of what romantic comedies and love idealist have us believe,…
He has made everything beautiful in its time …” Ecclesiastes 3:11a (NIV) Sometimes life hurts. Am I the only one who wants to tuck her tail, give up and stay home forever with a stash of chocolate and great coffee? Sometimes I want to straight up hide. I hope I’m not alone. However, yesterday I was reminded that while life does hurt…
It’s the list that most African’s dream to be on. The Young African Millionaires to watch, a list created by Forbes which boasts Jason Njoku, the maverick Nigerian internet entrepreneur and Ashish Thakkar, the 29 year old Ugandan whose business grosses annual revenues of approximately $100 million. Buried in-between the testosterone filled list are two women who can definitely hold their…
The first time I met Uche Eze Pedro was in 2010 at the lobby of Southern Sun Hotel in Ikoyi. Until then we’d been emailing back and forth and she had published my articles on Bellanaija.com. She looked decidedly different from what I was expecting. I had imagined the Editor in Chief of Bellanaija.com would turn up in Louboutin heels,…
The road to success is paved in gold! LIESSSS Truth is success requires a spirit of doggedness, bouncing back from failures and a lonely trip on the road less traveled. While we are always quick to celebrate the successful, its refreshing when they are honest about their humble beginnings and less than successful first steps. For many, Jason Njoku, the…
