Author: Koya Nkrumah
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When what is said in confidence is no longer confidential!
Before I went on holiday, I had a reader reach out to me about how her trust had been betrayed – she had confided in a friend and said friend had gone on to tell other people what she had shared. I could sympathise with her and like many people, I could understand how the…
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Can’t believe it’s been a year already – a massive thank you for all your support!!!
The year 2020 was a challenging year for the whole world and I was no exception – while we all shielded from the COVID-19 virus, I was forced to face myself and address issues I had ignored for years. As I went through the self reflection in lockdown, I decided to see a therapist after…
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What are your expectations in your relationship?
Last year, I wrote about a young woman who had been murdered by her husband – while looking at abusive relationships, I shared my experience of the society I grew up in. Where I grew up, most girls are trained to become wives and the boys hardly get any training on becoming husbands but boys…
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My Issues with Purity Culture!
Growing up in a religious environment, I was always around talk of staying ‘pure’ until marriage. What this meant was that I was not to involve in sex until I got married – now if you have been a teenager before, you know how difficult this is when the hormones kick in – lol. Anyway,…
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Is Sex for Men’s Pleasure?
When I was a young girl, I must have been about 11 or 12, I watched a movie one Sunday afternoon about female genital mutilation(FGM) and child brides. Something about the movie made me very sad and scared – I remember talking to a girl in my class the next day about the movie. Before…
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Dear Men, it’s okay to talk about how you are feeling!
I recently had a catch up with a friend of mine – he always seem to have it together and to be honest, I normally go to him for advise; however, when I met with him recently, he was struggling and was dying to speak to someone. I noticed, when I asked him how he…
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When people want to be right all the time, let them!
I love spending time with my nephew and niece – they challenge me so much and it is such a joy to be around them; plus I am always learning something new in their company. We like to play board game tournaments and we sometimes put a prize up for the winner (mostly me being…
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Absentee Fathers and Fathers day celebrations!
I was listening to a sermon some years back from a well known preacher in Ghana – this man was preaching about the blessings of a father and he was of the stance that even if fathers abandoned their children, these neglected children should look for their fathers so they can do well in life.…
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