Author: Koya Nkrumah
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Is it time for a reset?
Last week, a colleague of mine drew my attention to the fact that it’d been a year since we first went into lockdown. I had become so used to my new normal that like many people, I had lost track of time and was simply waiting for lockdown to be lifted so we can meet…
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Mother’s Day Celebrations and the Church.
When Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in 1908 after her death, I don’t think she realised that a hundred years plus from that first memorial, her idea of honouring her mother’s memory would turn into something so widely commercialised. Anna, in her later years, seeing mother’s day so commercialised would try to…
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We are celebrating women’s day but…..
International women’s day is tomorrow and I wanted to write about what it is to be a woman – however, I did not think this was a subject that could be captured in one post. As I thought about what to write, there were two stories in the news that caught my attention. One news…
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How does one move on from the betrayal of a cheating partner?
I recently had a reader reach out to me about her past relationship and how it ended. She had reached out to me when I posted about forgiveness – she had for sometime been struggling with forgiving someone that had cheated her. When I read this reader’s story, I was saddened by how people use…
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Has your partner been ‘snatched’ from your relationship?
I recently came across a radio show where a woman was narrating how her husband had been snatched by another woman. She was narrating her story on a talk show with mostly women panellists – I was intrigued how they all came to the conclusion that she should not leave her husband for the other…
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Why do people start relationships with no intention of staying faithful?
I read an article this past week on National Geographic about a young woman who had had a face transplant. The thought of someone getting a new face fascinated me and I immediately clicked on the link to read more about this incredible procedure when the post popped up on my instagram feed. After reading…
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Are gender roles and expectations putting pressure on women?
During the inauguration of the new president and his vice in the USA, the world witnessed the very first second gentleman in the history of the United States. For some, it was refreshing to see a woman in the limelight and her man supporting her – this was very different from the norm of women…
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Colourism in our beauty narratives!
A few years ago, Gilbert Arenas made some disturbing comments about dark skinned black women and he had some not so nice things to say about Lupita Nyong’o. It took him some time to acknowledge that his comments were not healthy especially for young black girls who were finding themselves and dealing with their exclusion…
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When disrespect and mockery is disguised as humour!
We all need a bit of humour in our lives to make the serious moments more bearable – over the years,I have learned to laugh at my not so proud moments and mistakes after the initial despair . Most importantly, I am learning to quiet the very harsh critic that lives rent free inside my…
Koya Nkrumah 