By Tatenda There was something about waking up that never quite agreed with her but she did it anyway, it was part of the contract of being human. This morning, like many others, she woke up smelling like somebody else and trying desperately to silence the accusatory voices in her head. Her only challenge was […]
Fighting the good fight can be tiring, it can be grueling and it can sometimes be downright awful. It can be scary, disheartening and exhausting. And sometimes the pay is… oh gosh. Another thing that can be really crap about the work that is done by human rights defenders is the fact that, much as […]
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 SheRoxLox/ @sheroxlox There isn’t a day that passes that I don’t have to think about my body – how much I’ve moved it (or not), what I’ve put into it, what it looks like in whatever outfit I’ve chosen to wear. But thinking about my body isn’t something particularly new, it isn’t something that […]
By Boateng Boateng I remember the first time I came across your tweet. I was blown away. I think it was one of those sassy replies you gave to the ignorant people who engaged with your tweets. That led me to your timeline and trust me, I had a good laugh there. I had never […]
By Martians Alive To taste that sweet upon sweet; candy syrupiness; honey succulent; sickly-sweetness, when my penchant for kisses slowly caressing your chocolate skin conquers my being. To feel that quiver as it runs through your perfect body when my slender finger grazes your skin, As my strong tongue torments your nipples in my mouth […]
By Ashes Loving me was not easy, I set you alight and reveled in that glory, I put that fire out and cradled you. I held you like a lantern, knowing that eventually I would have to let you go Whilst I waited for salvation, I become a savage. With each emotional investment, my recession […]
By Kũi If we were to end, would you be ashamed to say you had loved a woman? Will you speak about us in hushed tones Will I be euphemistically referred to as ‘a friend’, Will you speak about us? If they ask what you were before, And you need to communicate growth that came […]
By Dee Close She said that love is a choice. I stood there contemplating her words as an uneasy feeling latched onto my conscience, a feeling that, lately, she had begun to fuel. ‘Loving someone is a choice’. These were the last words that I heard as I purposefully swam away to hide in my […]
By Ashley Makue/ @AfroFiend The first time I saw you was a brilliant day. I had woken up too late to get to all the things I had wanted to make perfect before you came. My mind was racing filed to the brim with anxiety. What if you were a catfish? What if we did not […]
