To Africans in Countries That Don’t Want Them

An African man being attacked in South Africa.
Image: Reuters

It started in South Africa. Well…it didn’t really. It was, however, one of the first times I had seen something so disturbing. So, for me, it started in South Africa.

Overwhelmed Mothers

Image: Kiwa

There is this woman in the neighborhood I currently reside in. She has a shop where she sells provisions, food items and…wait for it…even fuel! Her shop is right at the corner and every time I have passed her shop on my way back from anywhere, there always seems to be a myriad of people she is attending to. Let me put this out there…I like her hustle.

English Is My First Language—But I Had to Relearn It

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English is my first language. My father is Idoma, my mother is Ebira, and I was born in a predominantly Hausa region—but English has always been the language I think in, speak in, and live in.

Guerrilla Feminism

By Abe Onche

It is not easy being a feminist.