Seeing I Speaking I Healing
Hi Family! Today’s post is short and sweet – more of an announcement really. As we briefly mentioned last week, today we are sharing the first video from Season 2 of our African Love Series! Navigating the issue…
Read More bAw African Love Series S2: Cain & Nomusa (Episode 1)
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NLT) For the month…
Read More bAw African Love Series: Sebastine & Madi Alagwu (Episode 2)
I am Zimbabwean. And proudly so. I love to represent my country and people where I can. I take issue, however, when it comes to how unrealistic and reckless my people can be when it comes to…
Read More Diary Of A Zim Girl Trying To Live It Real by Rumbidzayi
It was Zumba Tuesday and my daughter, JC, and I had just arrived home from the gym. I love that our neighborhood gym allows me to work hard on keeping my cellulite in check while my kid has access…
Read More Motherhood On A Scale Of Light To Dark by Ehui Osei-Mensah
“Congratulations on your engagement!” they said. “When is your wedding?” they asked. Bridal shower came, advice was given and then wedding day happened. We said our vows, in sickness and in health, for better for worse, till death do us…
Have you ever found yourself as a black African woman (bAw) seriously smh-ing because of the assumptions made about you just based on your gender and race, or both? Maybe you’re tasked with putting together the best Hip Hop…
Read More Our Reality vs The Perceptions: Busting Myths About black African women
Hi bAw family! The New Year is LITERALLY around the corner. Can you believe it??! I feel like I blinked and 11 months swooshed by. It’s crazy how life can happen to you sometimes which is why I…
Read More How You Can Prepare For Your 2018 Part 1: Reflection
There is no such thing as a guy who is “ready for marriage”. Well, this is the conclusion I have come to based on endless hours of reading up on relationships and marriage, and speaking to married folks…
Imagine driving down a quiet suburb, with beautiful scenery, on a Sunday afternoon and then suddenly you are confronted by a couple of assailants; they smash your window, demand that you get out of your car with a gun…
Read More Guest Post: I Was Hijacked By Lupus by Nompumelelo Simango
For whatever reason, God has seen it fit that I bear the cross of singleness in my life. And over the more recent years, I have been fortunate to see the blessing in my singleness. Ever since I was…
Read More The Hardest Thing About Being A Single Christian Woman
