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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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How many sexual partners must a woman have?
When I was growing up, there was a toxic trend where boys/men would have sex with a girl and go round telling their friends about their experience with said girl. It would not be long before everyone in the neighbourhood/school would be aware of what had transpired between the girl and said boy – In…
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Be your own cheer leader!
In 2018, Snoop Dogg got his star on the Hollywood walk of fame and in real Snoop Dogg style, his acceptance speech created a bit of a buzz. It’s my birthday month and if you know me, you know that I love birthdays and as I have grown, much to my family’s annoyance, this love…
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Learn to stand up for yourself and take up space!
A few years ago, a friend of mine got married – if you have ever been to a Ghanaian wedding, you will notice that the female friends of the bride come together to play a part in the wedding. When my friend got married, I played an active part in the wedding together with other…
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Learn to quiet the negative voice in your head.
A reader of this blog got in touch and shared a traumatic childhood experience that had left them with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I must admit that when I read this reader’s story, I was heart broken but at the same time impressed by how much they had had to overcome. As I read…
Koya Nkrumah 