Click to enlarge Back in March, I waxed poetic about the plight of witches ie. marginalized women in northern Ghana unfairly brandished as witches and banished from their homes. I got really riled up thinking about the women even though I wasn’t able to make it to New York City or to Washington DC for […]
The plight (and rights) of witches
I have been invited to a screening of “The Witches of Gambaga” on Saturday, March 24th 2012 at 7:00pm at the Grace Hotel (125 W 45th St) in New York City. The event is being promoted by GhanaProNet, a fledgling professional network of dynamic and innovative Ghanaians (and friends of Ghana) whose goal is to […]
Maggi Cube & the Ghanaian Kitchen
Once several years ago, my father made a remark that I never forgot. “Ghanaian women these days do not know how to cook, just Maggi cube here, Maggi cube there, stew and rice, rice and stew, and they call that food”. The statement was made around the time I was beginning to realise that the […]
Taming our sexuality
The other day, I read an article on the havoc women’s eyes create. Specifically, there is a law being propositioned in Saudi Arabia by the “Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” that will require women with “sexy eyes” to cover them up. It seems by “sexy eyes” they mean “eyes”. Mind […]
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
This is a novel written in 1975 by an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, and physician (psychiatrist), Nawal El Saadawi. It was as working as a physician that Saadawi observed the inequalities faced by women and connected them to their physical and psychological ill-health. Her activism against female oppression has often landed her in jail and […]
What a cruel male dominated culture
Cartoon making the rounds on Facebook Interviewer: What would you say to a woman in this country who assumes she is no longer oppressed, who believes women’s liberation has been achieved. Nawal El Saadawi: Well I would think she is blind. Like many people who are blind to gender problems, to class problems, to international […]
New Orleans: Swamp Tour & Cocktail Tour
Saturday morning, we woke up bright and early for Dr. Wagner’s Swamp Tour. We were picked up at our hotel and on our way there the driver gave us a little tour of the land, especially regarding the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. That was sobering. The swamp was beautiful and serene. We […]
Cloth Girl: A Novel by Marilyn Heward Mills
Click for Amazon link I just finished this 560 page novel and I’m not quite sure where to begin. So many thoughts! First things first, Cloth Girl is the debut novel for lawyer turned author Marilyn Heward Mills. It was shortlisted for one of UK’s prestigious Costa first novel award in 2006. The brief synopsis: […]
Hilarious Vintage Advertisements
Over on the digital journalism website owni.eu they’ve posted an article titled Top 48 ads that would never be allowed today. Some of them are hilarious in the sense that no person in their right mind today would ever hint at some of what is portrayed or suggested in these advertisements…at least in public. For […]
The Matter of My Eggs
Once again, I have received an unsolicited comment about the matter of my eggs, a reminder that I am not growing younger, and advice that I better get married soon so I can make babies. I don’t mind the assumption that one must be married before childbearing begins as I have no plans of raising a child […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.