I have been in Accra, Ghana for a few weeks. And of all the interesting things that I come across on a daily basis, nothing is as unique as the food. Because it's my first time in West Africa, it has been

A totem is one of the most intriguing and exciting things about being African. It’s a sense of identity, accompanied by a spirit of native pride and glory. Being African like me, a Shona girl from the

Hello, my unborn child, my baby, my sweet honey bunch. I wrote this letter, so you know how much I love you, or rather, how much I would have loved you. I wish that I would have had the chance, to hold

I was listening to a song by Birdy and Rhodes entitled 'Let it all go' and it got me really thinking. Why is it so difficult to let go?. Be it your favorite torn tshirt, your old dog, your old now so noisy

Falling in love is as complicated as falling out of love. It requires strength and courage to let someone in, as it is to let it go. At time we're surrounded with a lot of uncertainties of whether we love

A personal eulogy from my grave As the title says..... I write this from my grave, yes, I'm dead. My word is a word of peace, a word of encouragement, a word of reproach, a word from whom death was not

'I can make it', the sky is the limit, im a super woman, nothing can stop me. These are the words that simply slide easily out of your mouth when you are young, well rather, bringing it closer to home,

My name is Lisa, a Zimbabwean girl. I am African, I am black, I am beautiful, I represent the richness of African beauty, oh yes! I'm an African beauty. I also have brains, I'm intelligent and highly