Posted inCulture and Experience Unlearning Shame Around Your Body and Sexuality You're getting dressed for a date, and instead of excitement, there's a familiar voice running commentary. Not that dress, it…
Posted inCulture and Experience The Role of Religion in Relationships and Decision Making You're three months in, and things are good, really good, until the conversation nobody warns you about arrives. He mentions,…
Posted inCulture and Experience Dating as an African Woman Abroad Vs Expectation and Reality You matched with someone new, and within the first few messages, he asked what he's really wanting to know: "Where…
Posted inCulture and Experience Intercultural Relationship, Love, Conflict, and Growth You're at his family's dinner table for the first time in his home country, and everyone's talking over each other,…
Posted inCulture and Experience Missing Home while Building a New Life It's an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and you're standing in your new kitchen in a country you chose, in a life…
Posted inCulture and Experience Why Women’s Pain Is Often Dismissed in African Communities "Is How God Made Women?" Adora was seventeen the day the cramps first doubled her over in the school hallway.…
Posted inCulture and Experience Fibroids, Infertility, and the Culture of Silence "Why Haven't You Given Him a Child Yet?" Ngozi had been married for four years. At every family gathering, someone…
Posted inCulture and Experience Supporting Breastfeeding without Pressure or Criticism "Why Isn't She Latching Yet?" Breastfeeding is a unique bond between a newborn and him/her. It shouldn’t feel like pressure.…
Posted inCulture and Experience Passing down Culture Intentionally vs Unconsciously "Why Don't You Speak Yoruba Like Grandma?" Ten-year-old Tomi looked confused when her grandmother spoke to her in Yoruba during…
Posted inCulture and Experience Cultural Expectations Vs Emotional Support: Where Many Men get it Wrong Adaeze had a terrible day. Her boss humiliated her in front of colleagues. She came home heavy with hurt, needing…