It is no secret that Blessing Okagbare did millions of Nigerians and indeed Africans proud at the recently completed 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow. Blessing won gold at both 100 and 200 meter races and set the games record time of 10.85sec for the 100meter race. The first African woman to achieve such a feat. On her successful performance…
We are sorry we missed our regular Shero Segment last week, so to make up for it, we will have two Shero posts up this week…did we hear you say yay? Up first is one of my favourite women on the planet. Shonda Rhimes. I’ll be honest, I am a series addict. I live and breathe the stuff, but rarely…
Kenyan born, Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and the first woman to lead a university department. Most notable, she was also the first African woman to win a Nobel peace prize. Wangari founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental…
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,…
Its been on everyone’s lips. Bring back Our Girls. As we rightly turn to our government for answers, my thoughts turned to possible lasting solutions after their return. What stops the perpetrators of this heinous crime from striking again? Or for other sects with similar ideologies to follow suit. How can we stand with courage in the face of such…
Who is She: My mum (or ‘my mama’ as I foundly call her) is quite possibly the strongest woman I know. A cacophony of mixed virtues; bold and fearless yet sensitive and tender-hearted. Able to stand up to the toughest of people yet reduced to tears by a simple plot in a Nollywood movie. Why is she inspirational: Doubtless…
