The mission of the MsAfropolitan Boutique is to showcase and offer a handpicked range of products made by African Diaspora women on a rotating basis. Visit us here. As part of my journey to achieving this goal, I’ve met such inspiring women whose stories I want to share with you in an interview series features which…
Archives for October 2010
This post is not about masturbation
From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress ~ Lauryn Hill I have a new category on the blog. It’s called self release and will contain posts that have to do with personal development. I’m calling it self release rather than self help as the latter…
MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series – Shiri Achu of Shiri Achu Art
The mission of the MsAfropolitan Boutique is to showcase and offer a handpicked range of products made by African Diaspora women on a rotating basis. Visit us here. As part of my journey to achieving this goal, I’ve met such inspiring women whose stories I want to share with you in an interview series features…
African Women’s Decade 2010-2020 official launch
It’s the launch of the African Women’s Decade 2010-2020 today. Yes, a whole decade dedicated to us, recognized by the UN (United Nations) and AU (African Union) and supported by a manifesto called the Maputo protocol. Did you know about it? No? Shame on you. OK, it’s not actually your fault, after all we have…
MsAfropolitan Boutique Interview Series – Hazel Aggrey-Orleans, founder of Eki Orleans
The mission of the MsAfropolitan Boutique is to showcase and offer a handpicked range of products made by African Diaspora women on a rotating basis. Visit us here. As part of my journey to achieving this goal, I’ve met such inspiring women whose stories I want to share with you in an interview series feature….
Energy vampires
Although I was posting about black hair, I recently wrote about emotionally draining people, who suck your energy like a sponge. I said: …such ‘drainage’ shows up in life not as a relevance to who they are, but to who you are; as an opportunity to create a relationship with how you react to situations….
‘The Naija Factor’ is crippling Nigerian women, but…
(Cross-posted on Nigerian’s Talk) Let’s face it, when it comes to the state of our country, we Nigerians are like infants refusing to admit that we’ve pooped. How else can we explain that despite being such an aware group of people, we also are collectively so complacent? After all, Nigeria surpasses many nations in submerging…