by Community Contributor | Aug 24, 2020 | Community Contributions, Mental Health, Health & Wellness
Written by Mandy Taite-Tait For as long as I could remember I was always doing something. Always dreaming, building, and wanting something bigger. As a little kid, this involved taking care of grasshoppers. I was maybe 10 and I would keep them in a pencil case with...
by Community Contributor | Aug 21, 2020 | Community Contributions, Navigating Adulting
Growing up I had a small body and so I suffered from an inferiority complex, I saw myself as insignificant and I doubted my capabilities and failed to realize that dynamites come in small packages, I always thought that others people were better than me and always...
by Community Contributor | Aug 19, 2020 | Community Contributions, Mental Health, Health & Wellness
Written by Tafadzwa Madzika Sometimes I hate my life. Maybe more than just sometimes. It’s not the thoughts of suicide that are ever present but just dying seems good. It seems simpler, an escape of sorts. Life can be painful. It mostly is. No matter where you...
by Community Contributor | Aug 17, 2020 | Community Contributions, Mental Health, Health & Wellness
Written by Chengeto Mayowe The road to being a warrior is riddled with harsh words, statements and actions, usually done to you and when you least expect it.’You are not good enough”I never meant to hurt you”You wanted it”Your father is...
by Community Contributor | May 20, 2020 | Community Contributions, For The Culture
Written by Mable Barbara Amuron Anyone who knows me knows of my love for the written word. This past decade has seen the explosion of African literature which has been awesome for readers, such as myself, hungry for books that speak to the African experience and have...