Radical. African. Lesbian. Feminist.
Nous sommes toutes des femmes violentées. Certaines d’entre nous vont jusqu’à s’autodétruire et entraîner dans leur chute d’autres femmes en devenant les geôlières après une vie de captives condamnées à perpétuité, elles deviennent les gardiennes de la perpétuelle violence. Elles […]
I entered the world of work without really knowing it. We are programmed from a young age to work, contribute and be productive in society. I worked in varying dimensions from nursery school to university and here I am – […]
Motherhood is a pedestal. It is mostly desired and even prescribed. It sits high in the rank of achievable things set in the life course of the average woman. With preconceptions of mothering centered in the household, the migration to […]
There has been an increase in interest and debate regarding the status of the human rights of sexual minorities across the world, more so on the African continent, where the debate has become increasingly politicised (van Klinken, 2020). Scholars Tabengwa […]
The LBQ community is at a risk of isolation, being a minority within minority groups, in the case of Zimbabwe, as it seeks to create a network of its own for self-sufficiency and sustainability. Women continue to be the backbone […]
This is a story of the initiation of Gogo Shumba (previously known as Fadzai) narrated by Gogo Shumba and Amanda, who played the role of helper and support system in that journey. A Dictionary to help navigate some of the […]
Women all over the world endure constant pain, violence, and external control over their bodies, and their expressions of resistance and autonomy are easily labelled as mental illness by legal and medical, including psychiatric, discourses. Black women, in particular, are […]
The day after one of my teachers molested me, I sat through a sermon of forgiveness in church. For lack of a better word, it was difficult, but; after the sermon ended and the pews were almost empty, I went […]
We’ve seen pics of people at a spa, doing their nails and/or shopping and calling it self-care. For a long time that didn’t sit well with me because why should caring for the self be so damn expensive?! I mean, […]
“last night, i asked my grandmother what to do with all the pain, ‘wash it clean with love’ she said” – Ijeoma Umebinyuo It’s been three years since the most terrifying time in my life. In April of […]
This personal essay is a dialogue-style narrative between two feminists about what it means for us, as individuals to be well while exploring the importance of shifting frames to accommodate individual and collective goals of wellbeing. Traditional forms of knowing […]
There are spaces that we create in the queer community that we call safe spaces and there are spaces that we create within ourselves that protects our thoughts, the way we perceive things, ideas, the way we interact, etc. The […]
Remembering how to breathe, remembering who we are, and learning to prioritize ourselves. Remembering ourselves, learning to put yourself first. Having coping mechanisms, building a community of peer support and family. Creative expression such as singing, writing, painting, a dance […]
Who would have thought, in 2020 we’d be negotiating our freedom with a flu? It has been called many things, a flu, a flu like disease, a cleansing, an engineered time bomb by China to the rest of the world; […]
For as long as I can remember, I have always felt anger at the manner in which women were and are treated. Knowing that there were things thought to be outside of my scope of ability, or even comprehension, purely […]
As recently as 2015 Commissioner Bechir Khalfallah from Algeria, in a public session at the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (ACHPR) – the foremost regional body built to protect and promote human rights on the continent stated the […]
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