Why They’re Sleeping With Your Husband
I watched a video of a wife beating up her husband’s mistress. I couldn’t make out some of the Shona but there was a hammer,…
I’ll Take Your Man!
This blog post is for my kleptomaniacs who have sticky fingers for other people’s husbands. I’m not judging, I know nothing about your relationships and…
We Live & Breathe Among R*pists
What if you discovered today that your father is a rapist? You can’t even imagine it, it’s too bad to be true and yet for…
You’re Not Fooling Anyone
You thought the most stubborn thing is a donkey that’s been taken to the river and won’t drink? Clearly you’ve never met a young girl…
I Came, I Saw Cardi B and I Conquered #YALI2019
It must have been the first week when one of my favourite programme assistants let it slip during orientation that Cardi B was coming to…
My #YALI2019 Alpha Familia
Before we had secured the American visas, the program admin at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln called us for short conversations about our expectations, interests and…
#YALI2019 Ignite Talks: In Loving Memory of Dad
Let the games begin! Ignite Talks are mini TedTalk style presentations about anything that’s important to you or you’re passionate about. I knew we were…
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…