By Hamda Lawal I do not really consider myself as someone that has a high sex drive. I figure that I enjoy sex as much as the next woman, but then a pattern has emerged. When I started dating people, and freaky times roll around, after the first couple of steamy sessions I would usually be […]
By ‘A lover of women’ I had always found women intriguing. I did not necessarily see it as a sexual , more like a sense of admiration for everything they were. I was drawn in to how strong they were, how soft at the same time. They were beautiful, wise whilst still sometimes being so […]
By Cosmic Yoruba Nwando Achebe writes that “woman-to-woman marriage in Africa has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality” (emphasis, hers)…and I actually agree with this…kind of. While I strongly believe in pre-colonial lesbian secret societies littered across the African continent, at the risk of falling into the trap of Eurocentric and Western (mis)understanding of African social institutions, it […]
By Annonymous I recall packing for a trip when my heterosexual male friend reminded me, jokingly, to pack my vibrator. In a state of excitement ( because of the kind reminder) I dashed into my bedroom and pulled out my tiny purple vibrator – a birthday present from two naughty friends. This purple vibrator has […]
By Tatenda Sometimes bodies tell beautiful stories that get to us. At other times bodies confuse us, make us question ourselves and compel us to walk away or reject them. Ironically the same body never says the same thing to the same person, let alone different people. Considering that bodies never mean (or tell us) […]
By Lungile You never ‘got in’ so don’t come out and don’t you dare try to justify why you need to be who you are. Fight to be equal instead, it’s imperative that humans understand that you too are human. Beautifully so. Teach them to co-exist, don’t force you existence into their lives, they don’t […]
By Anon I have felt compelled to write this after I have heard the phrase ‘when I visit you I want you to find me a lesbian’ one too many times. You want me to find you lesbian when you visit? I’m sorry what? Would you also like to me too find you a good quote for […]
A short film about being a lesbian in homophobic Zimbabwe. Based on a poem by Tinashe Wakapila. It features a cast of six women, five of whom are LGBT asylum claimants in U.K. Read original poem the movie is based on here. *leave a comment on the post, you can write it under a different name and […]
By Kagure Mugo/@tiffmugo Sex toys. Asking about them in polite society usually causes raised eyebrows and mumbles about their inappropriateness, but you don’t need to be a private detective to discover that they’re bought, sold and used almost anywhere you care to look on the continent. At the same time though, the sale of sex […]
By MampuruLebo I fell into a helix of self-sacrifice, thinking it to be self-celebration I draped my sensual prowess into a pretty bow and sent myself into the world For a fleeting moment I felt the eminence of sexual prowess But Instead of learning to tender to its magic and speak its sweet language I […]
