I Was Gonna Be the ‘Valedictorian’
I was back like I never left. Woke up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. The sun was shining brighter than ever. The birds were chirping melodiously….
I’ll Never Be Quiet! Loud and Proud
I had a boy tell me to shut up not once but twice this week and it had me seething. And here’s why, since I…
We Need Women Who Are Wild, Wild, Wild
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote “well-behaved women seldom make history” in a 1976 and when I saw it I just thought well…
Why Women Can’t Stand Each Other
Imagine minding your own business just trying to get by and someone keeps roping you into a race that you didn’t sign up for. You’re…
#YALI2019 Two Days Later…I Crashed
Yep. It was only 48 hours since I had landed in the land of the free and I crashed. https://giphy.com/gifs/drunk-tired-sleep-7IrtGOyJy3I9W We were approaching the end…
#YALI2019 I Found My Super Strengths! Find Out Yours
We took the Clifton Strengths test. This test was administered so that we may be aware of our strengths so that we may make better…
#YALI2019 The American Visa Interview
I woke up in my hotel bed. By woke up, I mean I got out of bed because I hadn’t slept a wink. Imagine having…
The First #YALI2019 Interview and it Wasn’t the Last
I got into the interview room and the panelists introduced themselves. I could only recognise two. They say it’s important to catch their names so…
How I Nearly Missed My #YALI2019 Interview
I had made it to the interview stage! WhatsApp’d my mentor the good news. But now, I had to prepare for the interview. I researched…
I Got Rejected for the Mandela Washington Fellowship
The Young African Leaders Initiative was founded in 2014 and a couple of people that I knew and admired had been a part of…